Advances in silage quality in the 21st Century

Silage Production and Utilisation: Proceedings of the XIVth International Silage Conference, a Satellite Workshop of the XXth International Grassland Congress, July 2005, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 121-133

  Davies, D R ^a   Theodorou, M K ^a   Kingston Smith, A H ^a   Merry, R J ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environment; Forage breeding; Pathogens; Ruminant; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750584901     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3920/978-90-8686-553-6     Document Type: Chapter

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