Dry matter loss and compositional analysis of large switchgrass round bales during ambient storage in Virginia

Two varieties of switchgrass, Cave-N-Rock and Alamo, were baled into 1.8-m diameter by 1.2-m wide round bales and stored outside for 12 months. String-wrapped bales were stored on sad and net-wrapped bales on rock. Six bales (three-string-wrapped, three netwrapped) were destructively sampled at four...

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Main Author: Brumback, Clay T.
Other Authors: Agricultural Engineering
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/44237
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08142009-040527/