Effects of stage of maturity at harvest, wilting and LAB inoculant on aerobic stability of wheat silages

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 158, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 29-35

  Weinberg, Z G ^a   Khanal, P ^a   Yildiz, C ^b   Chen, Y ^a   Arieli, A ^c  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aerobic stability; Silage composition; Wheat silages

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 77953130843     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2010.03.006     Document Type: Article

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