Nutritive value of clipped 'Mott' elephantgrass herbage

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 789-793

  Chaparro, Cesar J ^a   Sollenberger, Lynn E ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; PENNISETUM GLAUCUM; PENNISETUM PURPUREUM; POACEAE;

EID: 0030666350     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj1997.00021962008900050012x     Document Type: Article

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