Nutritional improvement of maize silage for dairying: Mixed-crop silages from sole and intercropped legumes and a long-season variety of maize. 1. Biomass yield and nutritive value

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 69, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 241-261

  Maasdorp, B V ^a   Titterton, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Dairying; Intercropping; Maize legume silage; Silage

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE MAX; LABLAB; MUCUNA DEERINGIANA; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); ZEA MAYS;

EID: 1842856955     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8401(97)81639-2     Document Type: Article

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