Nutritive value and herbage accumulation rates of pastures sown to grass, legume, and chicory mixtures

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 728-733

  Sanderson, Matt ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATES; BOS TAURUS; BOTANICAL COMPOSITION; CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA; CICHORIUM INTYBUS; CONCENTRATION OF; CRUDE PROTEINS; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; DAIRY CATTLES; DRY MATTERS; IN-FIBER; NUTRITIVE VALUES; SAMPLING PERIOD; WHITE CLOVER;

AGRICULTURE; DAIRIES; PLANTS (BOTANY);

MIXTURES;

BOS; BOS TAURUS; CICHORIUM INTYBUS; DACTYLIS; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; POACEAE; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 77749240443     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2009.0374     Document Type: Article

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