This study was conducted to determine the fatty acid (FA) content in pasture grasses, legumes, and non-leguminous forbs northeast West Virginia. Grass, legume, forb plant material were collected from rotationally stocked pastures analyzed for crude protein (CP), linoleic (C18:2), α-linolenic (C18:3), total FA content. Species within botanical classes varied Forbs had highest (C18:2) followed by...

Spittlebugs are among the main insect pests of forage grasses in Brazil. In February 2021, a spittlebug infestation was verified Xaraés palisadegrass (Brachiaria brizantha cv. Xaraés) municipality Senador Guiomard, Acre state, The specimens were captured with an entomological sweep net and identified as Notozulia entreriana (Berg) Mahanarva spectabilis (Distant) (Hemiptera: Cercopidae). is freq...

Context Rangeland grasses native to Africa constitute the main diet for free-ranging livestock and wild herbivores. Leaf:stem ratio is a key characteristic used assessing quality of forages. However, studies determine allocation biomass leaves stems as well chemical components nutritive value, especially in African rangelands, are rare. Aim This study was conducted establish mineral leaf stem f...

that ‘Coastal’ hybrid bermudagrass receiving 670 kg N ha 1 and 153 kg P ha 1 from swine effluent removed Five warm-season annual grasses were compared for dry matter an average of 382 kg N ha 1 yr 1 and 43 kg P ha 1 yr 1. (DM) yield and nutrient uptake alongside bermudagrass [Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers.] on a Brooksville silty clay (fine, montmorillonitic, Adeli and Varco (2001) found that ‘Ali...

field trials. The use of row-column analysis or neighbor analysis has been shown to increase the precision of a Spatial analyses of yield trials are a powerful method of adjusting large number of grain yield trials (Cullis and Gleeson, treatment means for spatial variation and improving statistical precision of mean estimation. Because yield trials are typically repeated 1989; Cullis and Gleeso...

Our objectives were to evaluate strategies to improve productivity and economic returns from beef and dual-purpose cattle systems based on data collected on one dual-purpose (Bos taurus x Bos indicus) and two beef (Nellore) cattle farms in the western Amazon region of Brazil. Forage chemical composition and digestion rates of carbohydrate fractions of grazed Brachiaria decumbens and Brachiaria ...

Sustainable production requires balanced resource use and it is the management decisions at a household level that determine nutrient fluxes and the economic viability of enterprises. Traditionally, the agricultural systems of the mid-hills of Nepal have relied on the close integration of forestry, livestock husbandry and crop production but increasing population and other social changes are st...