The development of a Lolium multiflorum cultivar with a low moisture content and an increased readily digestible energy to protein ratio

Australian Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 101-106

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

^a KwaZulu Natal Dept Agric E   (South Africa)

^b ARC Range and Forage Institute   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acid detergent fibre; Acid detergent lignin; Disease resistance; Nitrate; Nitrogen; Nutritive value

Indexed keywords

DIGESTION; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FORAGE; MOISTURE; NUTRITION; PROTEIN;

LOLIUM; LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM;

EID: 0037273128     PISSN: 00049409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AR02043     Document Type: Article

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