The Effect of Dairy Compost on Summer Annual Dicots Grown as Alternative Silages

Professional Animal Scientist

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 95-100

  Muir, J P ^a   Stokes, S R ^a   Prostko, E P ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative Forages; Dicots; Forage Quality; Phosphorus; Silage

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007557085     PISSN: 10807446     EISSN: 1525318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15232/S1080-7446(15)31604-1     Document Type: Article

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