Degradation characteristics of straw from different wheat genotypes and their response to urea-ammoniation treatment

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 72, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 373-386

  Habib, G ^a   Hassan, M F ^a   Siddiqui, M M ^a  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Ammoniation; Genotypes; In sacco degradability; Wheat straw

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346223676     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8401(97)00137-5     Document Type: Article

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