Variation and heritability of °-linolenic acidc content and rumen escape protein fraction in fodder grass and clover

Breeding Strategies for Sustainable Forage and Turf Grass Improvement

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 181-188

  Baert, J ^a   Vandewalle, M ^a   de Riek, J ^a   Boever, J De ^a   Fievez, V ^b   Waes, C Van ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES RESEARCH ILVO   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Clover; Grass; Heritability; Linolenic acid; Rumen escape protein; Variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876180426     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4555-1_22     Document Type: Chapter

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