Conserved forage

Warm-Season (C4) Grasses

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 355-387

  Sollenberger, Lynn E ^a   Reis, Ricardo A ^b   Nussio, Luiz G ^c   Chambliss, Carrol G ^a   Kunkle, William E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Conserved forage; Defoliation management; Field cured hay; Ruminant livestock production systems; Silage production

Indexed keywords

EID: 85101439229     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2134/agronmonogr45.c10     Document Type: Chapter

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