Assessment of nutritive value of cereal and legume straws based on chemical composition and in vitro digestibility

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1550-1557

  López, Secundino ^a,b   Davies, David R ^c   Giráldez, F Javier ^b   Dhanoa, M S ^c   Dijkstra, Jan ^d   France, James ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cereal straw; Extent of degradation; Gas production; In vitro digestibility; Legume straw; Nutritive value

Indexed keywords

AVENA SATIVA; BOVIDAE; CICER ARIETINUM; HORDEUM VULGARE; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; LATHYRUS; LATHYRUS SATIVUS; LENS CULINARIS; LUPINUS ALBUS; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; PISUM SATIVUM; SECALE CEREALE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; VICIA; VICIA ARTICULATA; VICIA ERVILIA; VICIA SATIVA; VICIA SATIVA SUBSP. NIGRA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 21244485853     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.2136     Document Type: Article

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