Comparative evaluation of wheat and paddy straws for mushroom production and feeding residual straws to ruminants

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 175-177

  Kakkar, V K ^a   Dhanda, S ^a  

^a PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; PLANTS (BOTANY);

RUMINANTS;

STRAW;

LIGNOCELLULOSE; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BUFFALO; CATTLE; FUNGUS GROWTH; MALE; MUSHROOM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAW; WHEAT;

ANIMALIA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; BOS TAURUS; BUBALUS; FUNGI; PLEUROTUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0032210718     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8524(97)00098-9     Document Type: Article

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