Estimating losses of dry matter from simulated rainfall on bermudagrass and orchardgrass forages using cell wall components as markers

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1680-1687

  Scarbrough, D A ^a   Coblentz, W K ^b   Humphry, J B ^b   Coffey, K P ^b   Sauer, T J ^c   Jennings, J A ^d   Daniel, T C ^b   Turner, J E ^e   Kellogg, D W ^b  

^a Northwestern Oklahoma State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d Anim Sci Section ^*  (United States)

^e North Carolina State Mountain Res Stn   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DETERGENTS; GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ACID DETERGENT FIBERS (ADF); DRY MATTER (DM); FIBER COMPONENTS;

AGRONOMY;

ADIA; CYNODON; CYNODON DACTYLON; DACTYLIS; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; FRAXINUS;

EID: 9944252934     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2004.1680     Document Type: Article

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