Nutrient content of Opuntia forage clones in the Mendoza plain, Argentina

Journal of the Professional Association for Cactus Development

Volumn 6, Issue , 2004, Pages 62-77

  Guevara, Juan C ^a,b   Silva Colomer, Jorge H ^a,c   Estevez, Oscar R ^a  

^a LABORATORIO DE ENTOMOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CUYO   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Acid detergent fibre; Cladode age; Crude protein; Dry matter; Forage; In vitro organic matter digestibility; Neutral detergent fibre; Opuntia clones; Organic matter

Indexed keywords

OPUNTIA; OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA;

EID: 12344307592     PISSN: 19386648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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