Forage chicory and plantain: Nutritive value of herbage at variable grazing frequencies and intensities

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 231-237

  Labreveux, Maria ^a   Sanderson, Matt A ^b   Hall, Marvin H ^c  

^a DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETERGENTS; FEEDING; NUTRITION;

CANOPY-HEIGHT BASED GRAZING SYSTEM; HERBAGE COMPOSITION;

VEGETATION;

DETERGENTS; FEEDING; GRASSES; HERBS; NUTRITION;

CICHORIUM INTYBUS; DACTYLIS; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; MUSA X PARADISIACA; PLANTAGO; PLANTAGO LANCEOLATA; PUNA;

EID: 33645230381     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2005-0012     Document Type: Article

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