Effects of hybrid and maturity on performance and nutritive characteristics of forage maize at high latitudes, estimated using the gas production technique

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 20-30

  Hetta, M ^a   Mussadiq, Z ^a   Gustavsson, A M ^a   Swensson, C ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gas production; Hybrids; Maize; Maturity; Plant fractions; Rumen degradation

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 82955212986     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2011.09.015     Document Type: Article

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