Nutritional and morphological attributes of stay green vis-a-vis go-brown sorghum cultivars at different stages of maturity

Indian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 426-432

  Singh, Sultan ^a,b   Katiyar, D S ^a   Theodorou, M K ^a,d   Sai Prasad, S V ^a,e   MishraU S , ^a   Bhaskar, R B ^a   Pandey, K C ^a,c   Verma, O P S ^a   Mishra, A K ^a,f  

^a INDIAN GRASSLAND AND FODDER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b Plant Animal Relationship Division   (India)

^c Crop Improvement Division

^d Institute of Environment and Grassland Research   (United Kingdom)

^e NRC Weed Science   (India)

^f NRC for Women   (India)

Author keywords

Fodder yield; Go brown; IVDMD; Sorghum; Stay green; Sugar

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; COCKSFOOT STREAK VIRUS; SWINEPOX VIRUS (STRAIN KASZA);

EID: 67650481983     PISSN: 03678318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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