Chemical composition and in vitro digestibility of Stylosanthes guianensis varieties

Grassland Science

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 125-129

  Li, Mao ^a   Zi, Xuejuan ^b   Zhou, Hanlin ^a   Hou, Guanyu ^a   Cai, Yimin ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL BIOSCIENCE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HAINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c JAPAN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemical composition; in vitro dry matter digestibility; Stylosanthes guianensis

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIGESTIBILITY; DRY MATTER; TROPICAL REGION;

CHINA;

STYLOSANTHES GUIANENSIS;

EID: 84901693632     PISSN: 17446961     EISSN: 1744697X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/grs.12046     Document Type: Article

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