Forage nonstructural carbohydrates and nutritive value as affected by time of cutting and species

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1388-1398

  Pelletier, Sophie ^a   Tremblay, Gaëtan F ^a   Bélanger, Gilles ^a   Bertrand, Annick ^a   Castonguay, Yves ^a   Pageau, Denis ^a   Drapeau, Raynald ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID DETERGENT FIBER; ACROSS TIME; BOS TAURUS; DAIRY COW; DRY MATTERS; FORAGE SPECIES; FRUCTANS; GROWTH PERIOD; IN-VITRO; LEGUME SPECIES; N USE EFFICIENCY; NEUTRAL DETERGENT FIBER; NON-STRUCTURAL CARBOHYDRATES; NUTRITIVE VALUES; PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA; RED CLOVER; REED CANARY GRASS; SPECIES SELECTION; TALL FESCUE; TOTAL NONSTRUCTURAL CARBOHYDRATES; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE;

CARBOHYDRATES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DETERGENTS; GLUCOSE; PLANTS (BOTANY); SUGAR (SUCROSE);

ECOLOGY;

BOS; BOS TAURUS; BROMUS; BROMUS INERMIS; BROMUS SECALINUS; FESTUCA ARUNDINACEA; PHALARIS; PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE;

EID: 78149497614     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: 14350645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2010.0158     Document Type: Article

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