Direct and indirect means of predicting forage quality through near infrared reflectance spectroscopy

Field Crops Research

Volumn 84, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 45-56

  Stuth, Jerry ^a   Jama, Abdi ^a   Tolleson, Doug ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Digestibility; Fecal; Minerals; NIRS; Protein

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; COSTS; FEEDSTOCKS; MINERALS; NUTRITION; PROTEINS; SPECTROSCOPY;

FORAGE QUALITY; INFRARED REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

CROPS;

FOOD QUALITY; FORAGE; NUTRITIVE VALUE; SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 0348047244     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4290(03)00140-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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