A review of the development of a bloat-reduced alfalfa cultivar

Canadian Journal of Plant Science

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 487-491

  Coulman, B ^a   Goplen, B ^a   Majak, W ^a   McAllister, T ^a   Cheng, K J ^a   Berg, B ^a   Hall, J ^a   McCartney, D ^b   Acharya, S ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b LACOMBE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alfalfa; Bloat; Bloat reduced alfalfa; Cattle; Grazing; Low initial rate of digestion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033803817     PISSN: 00084220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/P99-087     Document Type: Conference Paper

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