Sampling forage corn for quality

Canadian Journal of Plant Science

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 93-99

  Cherney, J H ^a   Casler, M D ^b   Cherney, D J R ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Corn; Forage quality; Grain; Maize; Stover; Variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 10044278583     PISSN: 00084220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/cjps96-014     Document Type: Article

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