Development of a NIRS calibration to estimate cell wall digestibility of silage maize for a better variety choice in function of ration and cattle type Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
The aim of this research is to develop a robust NIRS calibration to estimate the cell wall digestibility (NDFD) of silage maize varieties. The NDFD is an additional nutritional parameter, which is added to the so-called 'variety list' -the official assessment of the (new and recent) commercial maize varieties. This parameter allows farmers to better choose their seed in function of their own ...