Fermentation characteristics of Johnson grass ensiled at two regrowth periods with silage additives

Tropical Agriculture

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 457-461

  Rodriguez, A A ^a,b   Rust, S R ^a   Yokoyama, M T ^a   Riquelme, E O ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Additives; Fermentation characteristics; Johnson grass; Silage

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040810956     PISSN: 00413216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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