Upland switchgrass yield, nutritive value, and soil carbon changes under grazing and clipping

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 510-516

  Sanderson, Matt A ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; HARVESTING; ISOTOPES; NUTRITION; PROTEINS; SOILS;

CLIPPING; CRUDE PROTEIN (CP); NEUTRAL DETERGENT FIBER (NDF); SWITCH-GRASS CULTIVARS;

AGRONOMY;

PANICUM VIRGATUM;

EID: 44449150956     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2007.0183     Document Type: Article

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