Alfalfa and other perennial legume silage

Silage Science and Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 633-664

  Albrecht, Kenneth A ^a   Beauchemin, Karen A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Additives; Alfalfa; Harvest management; Legume digestibility; Nutritive value; Perennial legume silage; Silage quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 85102915682     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2134/agronmonogr42.c14     Document Type: Chapter

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