Straw yields and nutrients of seventy-five Canadian barley cultivars

Canadian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 127-134

  Narasimhalu, P ^a   Kong, D ^b   Choo, T M ^c  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b PEI Grain Elevators Corporation   (Canada)

^c OTTAWA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Barley cultivars; Crude protein; Fibre; Minerals; Straw; Yield

Indexed keywords

HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE;

EID: 0032383583     PISSN: 00083984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/A97-020     Document Type: Article

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