The effect of inoculant and sucrose addition on the silage quality of tropical forage legumes with varying ensilability

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 174, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 201-210

  Heinritz, Sonja N ^a   Martens, Siriwan D ^a   Avila, Patricia ^a   Hoedtke, Sandra ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Rostock model silages (ROMOS); Silage; Sucrose additive; Tropical forage legumes; Tropical Lactobacillus sp.

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRACHIARIA; CENTROSEMA BRASILIANUM; CLITORIA TERNATEA; LABLAB PURPUREUS; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; LACTOBACILLUS SP.; VIGNA UNGUICULATA;

EID: 84860504078     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2012.03.017     Document Type: Article

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