Prediction of yield and digestibility of napier grass (pennisetum purpureum) from maturity, leaf: stem ratio and laboratory analyses

Tropical Science

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 32-39

  Muia, J M K ^a   Tamminga, S ^b   Mbugna, P N ^c   Kariuki, J N ^a  

^a National Animal Husbandry Research Centre Kenya   (Kenya)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Digestibility; Napier grass; Prediction; Yield

Indexed keywords

PENNISETUM PURPUREUM;

EID: 0033876754     PISSN: 00413291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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