Forage quality of native warm-season grasses in response to nitrogen fertilization and harvest date

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 174, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 46-59

  Waramit, Naroon ^a   Moore, Kenneth J ^a   Fales, Steven L ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forage quality; Harvest date; Morphological development; Nitrogen; Warm season grasses

Indexed keywords

ANDROPOGON; ANDROPOGON GERARDII; PANICUM VIRGATUM; POACEAE; SORGHASTRUM; TRIPSACUM; TRIPSACUM DACTYLOIDES;

EID: 84859506251     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2012.02.008     Document Type: Article

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