Effect of harvest time on fermentation profiles of maize ensiled in laboratory silos and determination of drying losses at 60C

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica A: Animal Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 30-37

  Nielsen, Tina Skau ^a   Kristensen, Niels Bastian ^a,b   Weisbjerg, Martin Riis ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Department of Animal Health Welfare and Nutrition ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alcohol fermentation; Drying loss; Harvest time; Maize silage

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34347354187     PISSN: 09064702     EISSN: 16511972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09064700701440447     Document Type: Article

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