Farming practices and chemical bases for a proposed quality standard of vetch-cereal hays

Field Crops Research

Volumn 47, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 181-189

  Caballero, R ^a   Rebole A ^b   Barro, C ^b   Alzueta, C ^b   Trevino J ^b   Garcia C ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c Servicio de Investigación Agraria   (Spain)

Author keywords

Botanical and chemical composition; Mediterranean agriculture; Vetch; Vetch cereal hays

Indexed keywords

BOVIDAE; VICIA; VICIA SATIVA SUBSP. NIGRA;

EID: 0030221459     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-4290(96)00019-6     Document Type: Article

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