Quality and utilization

Warm-Season (C4) Grasses

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 267-308

  Coleman, Sam W ^a   Moore, John E ^b   Wilson, John R ^c  

^a USDA ARS SubTropical Agricultural Research Station   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

C4 grass; Forage quality; Forage quality assessment; Livestock supplementation; Nutritive value; Sward canopy; Utilization; Warm season

Indexed keywords

EID: 85101426400     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2134/agronmonogr45.c8     Document Type: Chapter

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