Genotype x Environment Interactions in Angus, Brahman, and Reciprocal Cross Cows and Their Calves Grazing Common Bermudagrass and Endophyte-Infected Tall Fescue Pastures

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 920-925

  Brown, M A ^a   Brown Jr , A H ^b   Jackson, W G ^a   Miesner, J R ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef Cattle; Environment; Forage; Genotypes; Heterosis

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; CYNODON; CYNODON DACTYLON; SCHEDONORUS ARUNDINACEUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CATTLE; CLAVICEPS; DIET; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HETEROSIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CATTLE; CLAVICEPS; DIET; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HYBRID VIGOR; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; POACEAE; STATISTICS;

EID: 0031113844     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1997.754920x     Document Type: Article

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