In vitro methane emission from Indian dry roughages in relation to chemical composition

Current Science

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 57-65

  Singh, Sultan ^a   Kushwaha, B P ^a   Nag, S K ^a   Mishra, A K ^a   Bhattacharya, S ^b   Gupta, P K ^c   Singh, A ^a  

^a INDIAN GRASSLAND AND FODDER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

^c NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate and protein fractions; Dry roughage; Methane emission; Regression equation

Indexed keywords

HORDEUM; LENS CULINARIS; PENNISETUM GLAUCUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79961117187     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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