Yield and nutritive value of timothy as affected by temperature, photoperiod and time of harvest

Grass and Forage Science

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 421-432

  Bertrand, A ^a,b   Tremblay, G F ^b   Pelletier, S ^b   Castonguay, Y ^b   Belanger G ^b  

^a Soils and Crops Research and Development Centre ^*  (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Dietary cation anion difference; Digestibility; Grass tetany index; Mineral concentration; Non structural carbohydrates; Phleum pratense L.

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GLOBAL CHANGE; GRASS; HARVESTING; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PHOTOPERIOD; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; YIELD RESPONSE;

PHLEUM PRATENSE; POACEAE;

EID: 56849132155     PISSN: 01425242     EISSN: 13652494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2494.2008.00649.x     Document Type: Article

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