Evaluation of saltgrass as a fodder crop for livestock

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 85, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2077-2084

  Bustan, Amnon ^a   Pasternak, Dov ^a   Pirogova, Irina ^b   Durikov, Muhamet ^b   Devries, Tonny T ^a   El Meccawi, Shaher ^a   Degen, A Allan ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b National Inst of the Deserts   (Turkmenistan)

Author keywords

Accessions; Digestible organic matter; Distichlis spicata; Fodder; Leafiness; Metabolizable energy yield; Saline; Saltgrass

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; DISTICHLIS SPICATA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 24344493378     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.2227     Document Type: Article

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