Space-planted populations derived from 'Holt' and 'Oto' indiangrass, Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash, were used to obtain heritability estimates for forage yield, in vitro dry matter digestibility (IVDMD), crude protein, and heading date and to determine their genotypic correlations. Heritability estimates were determined by variance component analyses and by parent-progeny regression. Average nar...

donor of the A genome of P. pratense, perhaps after tetraploidization to P. commutatum, while the diploid Cultivated timothy (Phleum pratense L.) is an important grass for P. bertolonii (turf timothy) is the most likely donor of hay production in temperate North America. It is under utilized in the B genome of P. pratense (Cai and Bullen, 1991; management-intensive rotational grazing systems be...

in order to investigate the role of bacillus cogulans on yield of two forage corn cultivars, an experiment carried out at agricultural research center of tehran province during 2009-2010. the experiment design consisted of three randomized complete blocks in a factorial arrangement. investigated treatments consisted of the kind of phosphorus and cultivar. the phosphorus factor included of the a...

even though some research has shown no negative economic impacts (Daliparthy et al., 1995; Lloveras et al., Perennial forages like alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) or various pe2004). Reasons for avoiding manure applications to alrennial grasses, which are cut several times during the growing season, falfa include increased weed incidence, stand damage could provide an alternative land base and tim...

Information about the extent of variation in quality traits among plants sampled at the same developmental stage but on different dates would be useful to forage researchers. The primary purpose of this study was to obtain such information for five forage sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] cultivars. Percent dry matter, crude protein, and in vitro dry matter disappearance of leaf, stem, and ...