Variation of productivity and nutritive values of oat (Avena sativa) with geographical locations in Gansu Province of Northwest China under irrigation and fertilization conditions

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 553-560

  Zhang, Xiangfeng ^a   Dong, Shikui ^a   Yun, Xujiang ^b   Hu, Zizhi ^c  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Animal Feed and Forage Division   (China)

^c GANSU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Air temperature; Forage production and quality; Oat (Avena sativa); Solar radiation

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC MATTER;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP PRODUCTION; FAT CONTENT; FERTILIZATION; FIBER; FORAGE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HERBAGE; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; OAT; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT SEED; PROTEIN CONTENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEED YIELD;

AVENA SATIVA;

EID: 33947217840     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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