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Improving the production and utilization of sorghum and pearl millet as livestock feed: methodological problems and possible solutions

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0378-4290(03)00145-X
 
Title Improving the production and utilization of sorghum and pearl millet as livestock feed: methodological problems and possible solutions
 
Creator Blummel, M
Zerbini, E
Reddy, B V S
Hash, C T
Bidinger, F
Ravi, D
 
Subject Millets
Sorghum
 
Description The overall objective of this work was the identification of simple, yet accurate, assessments of fodder quality of sorghum and pearl millet stover in crop improvement programs. Stover from 12 genotypes of sorghum and six genotypes of pearl millet grown under high and low fertilizer application was investigated for nitrogen, cell wall constituents, sugar, plant height, stem diameter, leaf number per plant and extent and rate of in vitro gas production of whole stover and of stover cell walls. Organic matter digestibility, organic matter intake, digestible organic matter intake (DOMI) and cell wall digestibility were measured in bulls. Significant genotypic variation was found for chemical, morphological and in vitro fermentation characteristics of stover but their relationship with digestibility and intake measurements was generally poor. While no single chemical, morphological or in vitro measurement described stover quality adequately, some combinations of these measurements resulted in good overall relationships with stover quality measurements. Across sorghum and pearl millet, 71% (P
 
Publisher Elsevier
 
Date 2003
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/5966/1/FCR_84_1-2_123-142_2003.pdf
Blummel, M and Zerbini, E and Reddy, B V S and Hash, C T and Bidinger, F and Ravi, D (2003) Improving the production and utilization of sorghum and pearl millet as livestock feed: methodological problems and possible solutions. Field Crops Research, 84 (1-2). pp. 123-142. ISSN 0378-4290 (In Press)