Ruminal degradability of hard or soft texture corn grain at three maturity stages;Degradabilidade ruminal de grãos de milho de textura dura ou macia em três estádios de maturação

Scientia Agricola

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 358-363

  Pereira, Marcos Neves ^a   Von Pinho, Renzo Garcia ^a   Bruno, Ralph Guilherme da Silva ^a   Calestine, Gabriela Arruda ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dent corn; Endosperm; Flint corn; Rumen; Vitreousness

Indexed keywords

EID: 85017288322     PISSN: 01039016     EISSN: 1678992X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0103-90162004000400002     Document Type: Article

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