Yield and quality of forage sorghum and different amaranth species (Amaranthus spp.) biomass

Agriculturae Conspectus Scientificus

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 85-89

  Pospišil, Ana ^a   Pospišil, Milan ^a   Maćešić, Dubravko ^a   Svečnjak, Zlatko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Amaranth; Dry matter yield; Fodder quality; Sorghum

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FORAGE; NUTRITIVE VALUE; SORGHUM; YIELD RESPONSE;

AMARANTHUS; AMARANTHUS CAUDATUS; AMARANTHUS HYBRIDUS; AMARANTHUS HYPOCHONDRIACUS; ANIMALIA; SORGHUM BICOLOR;

EID: 68049147730     PISSN: 13317768     EISSN: 13317776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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