Forage quality of 10 Eastern gamagrass [Tripsacum dactyloides (L.) L.] genotypes

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 661-665

  Bidlack, James E ^a   Vaughan, Joe E ^a   Dewald, C L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b USDA ARS   (United States)

Author keywords

Digestibility; Forage; Gamagrass; Lignin; Phenylalanine ammonia lyase; Protein; Quality; Tripsacum dactyloids

Indexed keywords

CULTIVAR; FORAGE; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PROTEIN;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; TRIPSACUM; TRIPSACUM DACTYLOIDES;

EID: 0032728562     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003638     Document Type: Article

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