Genetic diversity in the nutritive value of dual purpose sorghum hybrids

Animal Nutrition and Feed Technology

Volumn 10, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 93-100

  Singh, Sultan ^a   Shukla, G P ^a  

^a INDIAN GRASSLAND AND FODDER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Diversity; Hybrids; Relative feed value; Sorghum

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751699573     PISSN: 09722963     EISSN: 0974181X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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