Forage quality of annual ryegrass

Ecology, Production, and Management of Lolium for Forage in the USA

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 71-78

  Lippke, H ^a   Ellis, W C ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal performance; Annual ryegrass; Digestibility; Dry matter intake; Forage quality; Nutrient composition

Indexed keywords

EID: 85102757842     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2135/cssaspecpub24.c5     Document Type: Chapter

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