Temporal and vertical distribution of nonstructural carbohydrate, fiber, protein, and digestibility levels in orchardgrass swards

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 755-763

  Griggs, Thomas C ^a   MacAdam, Jennifer W ^a   Mayland, Henry F ^b   Burns, Joseph C ^c  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northwest Irrigat Soils Res Lab   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERMENTATION; HARVESTING; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS; SOILS;

HERBAGE; IN VITRO TRUE DRY MATTER DIGESTIBILITY (IVTDMD); NEUTRAL DETERGENT FIBER (NDF);

CARBOHYDRATES;

ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATES; DIGESTIBILITY; HARVESTING; PROTEIN FIBERS;

ANIMALIA; DACTYLIS; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA;

EID: 34249082182     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2006.0036     Document Type: Article

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