Fodder and tuber yields, and fodder quality of sweet potato cultivars at different maturity stages in the West African humid forest and savanna zones

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 135, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 126-138

  Larbi, A ^a   Etela, I ^b   Nwokocha, H N ^c   Oji, U I ^d   Anyanwu, N J ^e   Gbaraneh, L D ^d   Anioke, S C ^c   Balogun, R O ^f   Muhammad, I R ^f  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT   (Nigeria)

^c National Root Crops Research Institute   (Nigeria)

^d RIVERS STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

^e Department of Chemistry   (Nigeria)

^f AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Crude protein; Dual purpose; Fodder; Rumen degradation; Sweet potato; Tuber

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; IPOMOEA BATATAS;

EID: 34147094244     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2006.05.021     Document Type: Article

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