Brachypodium distachyon has been proposed as a new model for the temperate grass because it is related to the major cereal grain species (such as wheat, barley, oat, maize, rice, and sorghum) and many forage and turf species. In this study, a multivariate statistical analysis was performed to investigate the characteristics of codon bias and the main factors affecting synonymous codon usag...

The activity was conducted in Bekele-Girisa of Dugda district. objectives were to demonstrate forage production from lablab under sown maize and evaluate the lablab-maize intercropping practices with farmers participation. Accordingly, Farmers' Research Extension Groups (FREGs) 18 members established at Bekele Girisa kebele. Four trial selected each FREGs for based on criteria including interes...

Ensilage provides an effective means of conserving summer-grown green forage to supply as winter feed to ruminants. The fermentation process involved in the ensilage process relies on lactic acid bacteria (LAB). Here, 16S ribosomal DNA amplicon pyrosequencing was used to follow the dynamic behaviour of the LAB community during the ensilage of maize biomass, with a view to identify the key speci...

The objectives of the present paper were to review and quantitatively determine the influence of the nutritional factors on whole body glucose turnover in growing and adult non-productive ruminants. A meta-analysis approach was used. The dietary grain: forage ratio significantly increased the slope of the relationship between glucose turnover and metabolisable energy intake. This effect was pro...

The likelihood of transgene movement into wild relatives of cultivated crops varies vary dramatically with geography. From the perspective of the UK, crops such as maize lack any close relatives and so effectively cannot act as a source for transgene recruitment into wild plant species. At the other extreme, forage grasses such as Lolium perenne are wind pollinated and have abundant wild popula...

Wet brewer’s grains (WBG) are by-products of the brewing industry. These products are derived mainly from barley fermented to produce beer. They contain 230 to 290 g/kg CP of DM basis and are rich in digestible fiber (Pereira et al., 1998; Dhiman et al., 2003). Due to their fibrous nature and low energy content, WBG are suitable for ruminants, particularly in dairy cows, to balance intake of la...

Al resistance of signalgrass (Brachiaria decumbens Stapf cv Basilisk), a widely sown tropical forage grass, is outstanding compared with the closely related ruzigrass (Brachiaria ruziziensis Germain and Evrard cv Common) and Al-resistant genotypes of graminaceous crops such as wheat, triticale, and maize. Secretion of organic acids and phosphate by root apices and alkalinization of the apical r...

Cropping diversification with cover crop mixtures combined low N fertilization represents an ecological alternative that may promote sustainability. Our objective was to evaluate changes on soil organic fractions and structure, biomass, main yield 5 years after the introduction of two mixtures, oats+forage radish (CC1) radish+vetch (CC2), in a soybean-soybean maize-soybean sequence maize. After...