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Minerals Availability from Grazing Resources to Livestock in Arid Soils

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Title Minerals Availability from Grazing Resources to Livestock in Arid Soils
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Creator B K Mathur
A S Sirohi
R C Bohra
M P Patidar
Monika Thada
Tejkaran Patidar
Mukesh Bairwa
S R Jat
A K Misra
R N Kumawat
 
Subject Grasses
livestock
minerals
shrub
trees
weeds
 
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The present study was conducted to estimate the mineral contents of grazing
resources grown on arid soils for their availability to livestock. The grazing/browse
resources were mostly weeds, grasses, shrubs and trees. Under this study 20 mature and
dry plant samples along with twigs, comprising 7 weeds and 4 grasses, 5 shrubs and
4 trees commonly preferred for grazing by livestock were collected by hand plucking
from CAZRI farm, as well as adopted villages of Barmer and Jaisalmer districts in
western Rajasthan during 2010-2012. These weeds, grasses, shrubs and trees samples
were analyzed for minerals namely Ca, Fe, Zn, Cu, Co, Mn, Cr, Pb and Mo. The mineral
content (µg 100 g-1 except Ca, which is in mg 100 g-1) in weeds, grasses, shrubs and trees
ranged between 105.63 (Cenchrus setigerus - Grass) and 412.57 (Capparis decidua - Shrub)
for Ca, 91.67 CC-CAZRI-392 (Cenchrus ciliaris - Grass) and 151.50 (Calotropis procera -
Shrub) for Fe, 202.43 CC-CAZRI-358 (Cenchrus ciliaris - Grass) and 583.30 (Achyranthes
aspera - Weed) for Zn, 61.53 (Lasiurus sindicus - Grass) and 241.63 (Tetrapogon tenellus
- Weed) for Cu, 27.16 (Calotropis procera - Shrub) and 118.63 (Cordia gharaf - Shrub) for
Co, 26.03 (Cordia gharaf - Shrub) and 89.85 (Ziziphus nummularia - Shrub) for Mn, 42.80
CC-CAZRI-358 (Cenchrus ciliaris - Grass) and 289.26 (Digera muricata - Weed) for Cr,
19.08 (Lasiurus sindicus - Grass) and 130.27 (Prosopis cineraria - Tree) for Pb and 0.62
(Cenchrus setigerus - Grass) and 113.84 (Tribulus terrestris - Weed) for Mo. In comparison
to grasses, shrubs and trees, the availability of minerals from weeds is higher.
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Date 2019-05-15T11:46:32Z
2019-05-15T11:46:32Z
2017-01-01
 
Type Research Paper
 
Identifier Not Available
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http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/19549
 
Language English
 
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Publisher Annals of Arid Zone