Germplasm sources for improvement of forage quality in Lotus corniculatus L. and L. uliginosus Schkuhr (Fabaceae)

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1707-1713

  Kelman, W M ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Condensed tannin; Forage quality; Lotus corniculatus; Lotus uliginosus

Indexed keywords

FORAGE; GENETIC RESOURCE; GENETIC VARIATION; GERMPLASM; HYBRID; LEGUME; NUTRITIVE VALUE; TANNIN;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

FABACEAE; LOTUS CORNICULATUS; LOTUS ULIGINOSUS;

EID: 33845356558     PISSN: 09259864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10722-005-1138-7     Document Type: Article

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