Yield and mineral content of ten enset (Ensete ventricosum) varieties

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 299-309

  Nurfeta, Ajebu ^a   Tolera, Adugna ^b   Eik, Lars O ^a   Sundstøl, Frik ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Enset fractions; Enset varieties; Ensete ventricosum; Ethiopia; Mineral content

Indexed keywords

METAL; PHOSPHORUS;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CHEMISTRY; MUSACEAE; PLANT LEAF;

METALS; MUSACEAE; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT LEAVES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

BOVIDAE; ENSETE VENTRICOSUM;

EID: 41549157367     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-007-9095-0     Document Type: Article

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