Laboratory evaluation of previously fermented juice as a fermentation stimulant for lucerne silage

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 79, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1285-1288

  Nishino, Naoki ^a   Uchida, Senji ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lucerne; Previously fermented juice; Silage

Indexed keywords

BUTYRIC ACID; FERMENTATION CONTROL; FOOD ANALYSIS; LUCERNE; QUALITY CONTROL; SILAGE;

EID: 0033565933     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0010(19990715)79:10<1285::AID-JSFA362>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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