Fiber digestion dynamics of sward components within switchgrass populations

Crop Science

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 784-789

  Redfearn, Daren D ^a   Moore, Kenneth J ^b   Vogel, Kenneth P ^c   Waller, Steven S ^c   Mitchell, Robert B ^d  

^a Louisiana State University Agricultural Center   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORAGE; PLANT BREEDING;

EID: 0032968731     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci1999.0011183X003900030028x     Document Type: Article

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