Chemical composition of lamina and sheath of Lolium perenne as affected by herbage management

NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 55-73

  Hoektra, Nyncke J ^a,b   Struik, Paul C ^a   Lantinga, E A ^a   Schulte, R P O ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TEAGASC   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cutting height; Feeding value; Herbage quality; High sugar cultivar; Nitrogen application rate; Perennial ryegrass; Regrowth period; Rotation length

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CULTIVAR; DRY MATTER; GRAZING; NITROGEN; REGROWTH;

ANIMALIA; LOLIUM PERENNE;

EID: 35448962984     PISSN: 15735214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1573-5214(07)80004-2     Document Type: Article

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