Can lignin be accurately measured?

Crop Science

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 832-839

  Hatfield, Ronald ^a   Fukushima, Romualdo S ^b  

^a U S DAIRY FORAGE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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BOVIDAE; MEDICAGO SATIVA; POACEAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 18744364224     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2004.0238     Document Type: Conference Paper

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