Yield and nutritive value of the spring growth of an ageing timothy sward

Canadian Journal of Plant Science

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 457-464

  Bélanger, Gilles ^a   Tremblay, Gaëtan F ^a   Mongrain, Danielle ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Digestibility; Harvesting year; Phleum pratense; Stages of development; Yield

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; DIGESTIBILITY; DRY MATTER; FLOWERING; FORAGE; GRASS; GROWTH RESPONSE; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; NUTRITIVE VALUE; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SPRING (SEASON); SWARD; YIELD RESPONSE;

PHLEUM PRATENSE; POACEAE;

EID: 54049087775     PISSN: 00084220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/CJPS07154     Document Type: Article

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