Mineral profile, palatability and digestibility of marginal land grasses of trans-himalayan grasslands of Pakistan

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 237-248

  Inam Ur Rahim, ^a   Sultan, Javed Iqbal ^a   Yaqoob, Muhammad ^a   Nawaz, Haq ^a   Javed, Ijaz ^a   Hameed, Mansoor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

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Indexed keywords

ANDROPOGON; APLUDA MUTICA; ARTHRAXON; CENCHRUS; CENCHRUS CILIARIS; CYNODON DACTYLON; DESMOSTACHYA BIPINNATA; DIGITARIA (ANGIOSPERM); DIGITARIA SANGUINALIS; PANICUM TURGIDUM; PENNISETUM GLAUCUM; PENNISETUM ORIENTALE; POACEAE; ROTTBOELLIA COCHINCHINENSIS; SACCHARUM SPONTANEUM; SETARIA (PLANT); SETARIA PUMILA;

EID: 49449116016     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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