The status of certain trace minerals and sulphur of some tropical grasses in Trinidad

Tropical Agriculture

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 57-62

  Youssef, F G ^a   McDowell, L R ^b   Brathwaite, R A I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Microminerals; Ruminants; Sulphur; Trinidad; Tropical grasses

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; MINERAL; PASTURE; SULFUR;

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 0033494583     PISSN: 00413216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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