Changes in alfalfa yield and nutritive value within individual harvest periods

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1274-1282

  Brink, Geoffrey ^a   Hall, Marvin ^b   Shewmaker, Glen ^c   Undersander, Dan ^d   Martin, Neal ^a   Walgenbach, Richard ^a  

^a U S DAIRY FORAGE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRY MATTERS; FIBER COMPONENTS; GROWING SEASON; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; IN-VITRO; MEDICAGO; NEUTRAL DETERGENT FIBER; NUTRITIVE VALUES; PENNSYLVANIA; RATE OF INCREASE; WISCONSIN;

ARID REGIONS; CULTIVATION; DETERGENTS; TIME MEASUREMENT;

HARVESTING;

MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 77954260595     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2010.0080     Document Type: Article

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