Genotype x environment interactions for digestibility traits in silage maize estimated from in vivo measurements with standard sheep

Plant Breeding

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 423-427

  Argillier, O ^a   Barriere, Y ^a   Traineau, R ^a   Emile, J C ^a   Hebert, Y ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Genotype x environment interaction; In vitro digestibility; In vivo digestibility; Silage; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030699552     PISSN: 01799541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0523.1997.tb01025.x     Document Type: Article

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