Between-year variation in the effects of phosphorus deficiency in breeder cows grazing tropical pastures in northern Australia

Breeder herd productivity can be severely reduced by dietary phosphorus (P) deficiency. The performance of small groups of P-deficient (Pdefic) or P-supplemented (Psupp) breeder cows was studied over 5 annual cycles while grazing C4 grass-Stylosanthes pastures at a site in the seasonally dry tropics...

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Main Authors: David B. Coates, Rob M. Dixon, Robert J. Mayer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical 2019-07-01
Series:Tropical Grasslands-Forrajes Tropicales
Online Access:http://www.tropicalgrasslands.info/index.php/tgft/article/view/397