Genetic improvement of livestock for organic farming systems

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 80, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 79-88

  Boelling, D ^a   Groen, A F ^b   Sorensen P ^a   Madsen, P ^a   Jensen, J ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Animal breeding; G X E interaction; Organic farming; Reaction norm curves

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0037355239     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(02)00323-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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