OBJECTIVE Effects of nitrogen supplementation associated with different levels of starch on voluntary intake, digestibility, and rumen and metabolic characteristics of cattle fed low-quality tropical forage (Brachiaria decumbens hay, 7.4% crude protein, CP) were evaluated using ruminal and abomasal cannulated steers. METHODS Five European×Zebu young bulls (186 kg body weight, BW) were distrib...

A 3- years (2015, 2016 and 2017) field study was carried out at National Wheat Research Program, Bhirahawa, Rupandehi, Nepal to evaluate the influence of crop residues and nitrogen levels on rice. The experiment was conducted in split plot design with three replications. Main plots were two crop residue levels (with crop residues of 30 cm wheat stubble and without crop residues) and sub plots c...

introduction canary seed (phalaris canariensis l.) is a forage plant from poaceae family. this plant is drought tolerant. canary seed is originally a native to mediterranean region, which can be grown commercially in several parts of the word, especially in semi-arid conditions. increasing growth of population and lack of ability of pastures to satisfy the food requirement of animal has led to ...

Maize is the most important crop in Mexico, being central to diets of consumers, particularly smallholders, and an undetermined amount allocated as straw, green fodder, and, a lesser extent, silage for animal feed. Nitrogen fertilizer considered one factors affecting growth, grain yield, maize biomass production. In this context, main objective study was evaluate effects different levels nitrog...

Intermediate wheatgrass (Thinopyrum intermedium; IWG) is a perennial grass under development as grain and forage crop. Although IWG known for its ability to take up nitrate improve water quality, seasonal nitrogen (N) demand uptake by not well known. We measured shoot, root, production, tissue N concentration, soil mineral at multiple plant growth stages in 1- 2-year-old stands fertilized with ...

The effect of nitrogen fertilization on root length (RL) distribution of winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) was investigated. The study was conducted in Prague-Ruzyne on clay loam Chernozemic soil in the years 1996–2003. Two (N0, N1) and three (N0, N1, N2) treatments, unfertilized (N0), fertilized with 100 kg (N1) and 200 kg N/ha (N2) were studied in 1996–2000 and 2001–2003, respectively. Nitr...

the peak spring and autumn production periods for coolseason forages in the eastern Great Plains (Mitchell et Two big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii Vitman) strains (Pawnee al., 1994; Moser and Vogel, 1995). Krueger and Curtis C3 and Kaw C3) developed by three breeding cycles for increased forage yield and in vitro dry matter digestibility (IVDMD) were com(1979) in South Dakota reported monocult...

Corn was inoculated with Lactobacillus plantarum and Propionibacterium freudenreichii subsp. shermanii either independently or as a mixture at ensiling, in order to determine the effect of bacterial additives on corn silage quality. Grain corn was harvested at 32-37% of dry matter and ensiled in a 4 L laboratory silo. Forage was treated as follows: bacterial types: B0 (without bacteria-control)...

Pearl millet is used mainly as a temporary forage crop in the southern United States. A new pearl millet hybrid has potential as a major grain crop in the United States. The effects of nematodes, irrigation, a nematicide, and nitrogen rates on a new pearl millet grain hybrid, HGM-100, and nematode population changes were determined in a 2-year study. Root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne incognita r...