A comparison, under controlled environmental conditions, of a Lolium multiflorum selection bred for high dry-matter content and non-structural carbohydrate concentration with a commercial cultivar

Grass and Forage Science

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 367-372

  Hopkins, C ^a   Marais, J P ^a   Goodenough, D C W ^b  

^a KwaZulu Natal Dept Agric E   (South Africa)

^b ARC Range and Forage Institute   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acid detergent fibre; Acid detergent lignin; Anatomical features; In vitro digestibility; Minerals; Neutral detergent fibre; Nitrogenous compounds

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTIVAR; DIGESTIBILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; SELECTIVE BREEDING;

LOLIUM; LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM;

EID: 0036994257     PISSN: 01425242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2494.2002.00337.x     Document Type: Article

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