Importance and functions of grasslands

Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-30

  Carlier, Lucien ^a   Rotar, Ioan ^b   Vlahova, Mariana ^c   Vidican, Roxana ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES RESEARCH ILVO   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Romania)

^c AGROBIOINSTITUTE   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

EU policy; Food; Forage; Fuel; Grass quality; Ruminants

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; TRIFOLIUM;

EID: 67649297284     PISSN: 0255965X     EISSN: 18424309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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