Fall harvest management effects on 'Grasslands Matua' prairie grass quality

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 971-975

  Hall, Marvin H ^a   Jung, Gerald A ^b   Shaffer, John A ^b   Everhart, John R ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROPS; CULTIVATION; HARVESTING; NATURAL FIBERS;

ACID DETERGENT FIBER (ADF); FALL HARVEST MANAGEMENT; FORAGE CRUDE PROTEIN (CP); GRASSLAND MATUA PRAIRIE GRASS FORAGE QUALITIES; IN VITRO DRY MATTER DIGESTIBILITY (IVDMD); NEUTRAL DETERGENT FIBER (NDF);

AGRONOMY;

BROMUS; BROMUS CATHARTICUS; POACEAE;

EID: 0030295328     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj1996.00021962003600060021x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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