Intake and digestibility among caucasian bluestem, big bluestem, and switchgrass compared with bermudagrass

Crop Science

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2262-2275

  Burns, J C ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANDROPOGON; ANDROPOGON GERARDII; BOTHRIOCHLOA BLADHII; BOVIDAE; CYNODON (ANGIOSPERM); CYNODON DACTYLON; PANICUM VIRGATUM; POACEAE; ZIZIPHUS MAURITIANA;

EID: 79961191395     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: 14350653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2011.01.0050     Document Type: Article

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