The effects of cultivation site on forage quality of Calliandra calothyrsus var. Patulul

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 209-220

  Hess, H D ^a,d   Tiemann, T T ^a,b   Noto, F ^a   Franzel, S ^c   Lascano, C E ^b   Kreuzer, M ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

^c WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^d Swiss Fed Res Stn for Anim Prod   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brachiaria humidicola; Colombia; Cratylia argentea; Kenya; Ruminal fermentation; Tannins

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FOLIAGE; FORAGE; UREA;

AFRICA; COLOMBIA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SOUTH AMERICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

BRACHIARIA; BRACHIARIA HUMIDICOLA; CALLIANDRA; CALLIANDRA CALOTHYRSUS; CRATYLIA; CRATYLIA ARGENTEA;

EID: 33748995654     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-006-9010-0     Document Type: Article

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