Accomplishments and impact from breeding for increased forage nutritional value

Crop Science

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 12-20

  Casler, M D ^a   Vogel, K P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; CULTIVAR; FERMENTATION; FORAGE CROP; GENETIC IMPROVEMENT; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIANCE; LEGUME; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PLANT BREEDING;

EID: 0032990582     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci1999.0011183X003900010003x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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