Late-summer forage on prairie sandreed dominated rangeland after spring defoliation

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 228-234

  Reece, Patrick E ^a   Holman, Thomas L ^b   Moore, Kenneth J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calamovilfa longifolia; Clipping date; Crude protein; Cutting height; In vitro dry matter digestibility; Tiller demographics; Yield

Indexed keywords

DEFOLIATION; FORAGE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NUTRITIVE VALUE; RANGELAND;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; CALAMOVILFA; CALAMOVILFA LONGIFOLIA;

EID: 0032902026     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003684     Document Type: Article

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