Evaluation of micro minerals composition of different grasses in relation to livestock requirements

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 719-728

  Khan, Zafar Iqbal ^a   Ashraf, Muhammad ^b   Ahmad, Kafeel ^a   Mustafa, Irfan ^a   Danish, Muhammad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SARGODHA   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOVIDAE; CYNODON DACTYLON; HYPOXIS; PANICUM MAXIMUM; PASPALUM; PASPALUM NOTATUM; POACEAE;

EID: 38749105758     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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