Prediction of red clover content in mixed swards by near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy

Silage Production and Utilisation: Proceedings of the XIVth International Silage Conference, a Satellite Workshop of the XXth International Grassland Congress, July 2005, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 280-

  Deprez, B ^a   Stilmant, D ^b   Clement C ^b   Decamps, C ^a   Peeters, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b Agricultural Product Technology Unit   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Legume percentage; NIRS; Red clover

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899313503     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3920/978-90-8686-553-6     Document Type: Chapter

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