Ensilage performance of sorghum hybrids varying in extractable sugars

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 492-496

  Philipp, Dirk ^a   Moore, Kenneth J ^a   Pedersen, Jeffrey F ^b   Grant, Richard J ^c   Redfearn, Daren D ^d   Mitchell, Robert B ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c William H Miner Agricultural Research Institute   (United States)

^d OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical composition; Solid state fermentation; Sorghum bicolor (L.)

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; CARBOHYDRATES; FERMENTATION; ORGANIC ACIDS; PH EFFECTS;

DETERGENT FIBERS; SOLID STATE FERMENTATION; SORGHUM BICOLOR (L.);

BIOMASS;

ACETIC ACID; BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATES; FERMENTATION; ORGANIC ACIDS; PH EFFECTS;

BIOMASS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FERMENTATION; GENOTYPE; HYBRID; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SILAGE; SORGHUM; STORAGE; SUGAR;

ANIMALIA; SORGHUM BICOLOR;

EID: 34247542010     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2007.02.001     Document Type: Article

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