Use of in vitro gas production technique to investigate interactions between rice straw, wheat straw, maize stover and alfalfa or clover

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1278-1285

  Tang, S X ^a   Tayo, G O ^a,b   Tan, Z L ^a   Sun, Z H ^a   Wang, M ^a   Ren, G P ^a,c   Han, X F ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b BABCOCK UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY OF FORESTRY AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

In vitro Gas Production; Interactive Effect; Legume Hay; Straw

Indexed keywords

BOVIDAE; MEDICAGO SATIVA; TRIFOLIUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 56849123422     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2008.70447     Document Type: Article

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