Relating sugar fluxes during bale storage to quality changes in Alfalfa Hay

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 800-807

  Coblentz, Wayne K ^a   Fritz, John O ^b   Bolsen, Keith K ^b   Cochran, Robert C ^b   Fu, Lin Qian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 0030656256     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj1997.00021962008900050014x     Document Type: Article

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