Estimation of Browse Productivity for Acacia seyal (Delile) in Alazzazah Area, Blue Nile State, Sudan

Subject Areas : Forage Quality

Nancy Ibrahim Abdalla ¹ , Mohammed Ibrahim Abdelsalam ² , Mohammed Abdelkreim ³ , Abdalbasit Adam Mariod ⁴

1 - Department of Range Science, College of Forestry and Range Science, Sudan University of Science and Technology, Khartoum, Sudan
2 - Department of Range Science, College of Forestry and Range Science, Sudan University of Science and Technology, Khartoum, Sudan
3 - Department of Range Science, College of Forestry and Range Science, Sudan University of Science and Technology, Khartoum, Sudan
4 - Department of Food Science and Technology, College of Agricultural Studies, Sudan University of Science and Technology, Shambat, Khartoum North, Sudan

Received: 2016-10-09 Accepted : 2017-01-05 Published : 2017-10-01

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