Research note: Effect of drying methods on the chemical composition of hay made from two desert grasses

Tropical Grasslands

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 51-54

  Mali, P C ^a   Pancholy, Rakesh ^a   Mathur, Brij K ^a   Pande, P C ^a  

^a CENTRAL ARID ZONE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

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