Effects of harvest date, wilting and inoculation on yield and forage quality of ensiling safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) biomass

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2298-2302

  Cazzato, Eugenio ^a   Laudadio, Vito ^a   Corleto, Antonio ^a   Tufarelli, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Forage; Quality; Safflower; Silage

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; AMMONIA; CARBOHYDRATE; LACTIC ACID; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; FERMENTATION; FOOD HANDLING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ITALY; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PH; QUALITY CONTROL; SAFFLOWER; SEASON; SILAGE; SOLUBILITY;

ACETIC ACID; AMMONIA; CARBOHYDRATES; CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS; FERMENTATION; FOOD HANDLING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ITALY; LACTIC ACID; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PLANT PROTEINS; QUALITY CONTROL; SEASONS; SILAGE; SOLUBILITY;

ANIMALIA; CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM;

EID: 80051867398     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.4452     Document Type: Article

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