Nonstructural carbohydrate and digestibility patterns in orchardgrass swards during daily defoliation sequences initiated in evening and morning

Crop Science

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1295-1304

  Griggs, Thomas C ^a   MacAdam, Jennifer W ^a   Mayland, Henry F ^b   Burns, Joseph C ^c  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northwest Irrigat Soils Res Lab   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; DACTYLIS; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA;

EID: 22844441786     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2003.0613     Document Type: Article

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