Changes in Chemical Composition of Sorghum as Influenced by Growth Stage and Cultivar

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 935-940

  Firdous, Rafia ^a   Gilani, Abrar Hussain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Cell Wall Components; Growth Stages; Morphological Fractions; Sorghum Cultivars

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035588531     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2001.935     Document Type: Article

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