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Effects of intercropping desho grass with vetch on forage yield, nutritional quality and soil fertility in Lemo District of Hadiya Zone, Southern Ethiopia

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Title Effects of intercropping desho grass with vetch on forage yield, nutritional quality and soil fertility in Lemo District of Hadiya Zone, Southern Ethiopia
 
Creator Berhanu, Melkamu
 
Subject intensification
mixed farming
forage
livestock
pennisetum pedicellatum
 
Description This experiment was conducted in Hadiya Zone, Lemo district of southern Ethiopia with the objectives of evaluating the effects of intercropping desho grass with vetch (v.villosa) on forage yield, nutritional quality and soil fertility. The experiment was conducted in a randomized complete block design with three replications. Soil samples were collected before planting and after forage harvest. The treatments were desho vetch intercropping at a 12kg/ha seed rate for vetch (T1), desho vetch intercropping at a 9kg/ha seed rate for vetch (T2), desho vetch intercropping at 6kg/ha seed rate for vetch (T3), sole desho grass (T4) and sole vetch (T5). Data on biomass yield; plant height and chemical compositions were recorded and analyzed using the General Linear Model procedures of SAS. Relative yield, relative yield total, and aggressivity index were calculated for biological compatibility and yield advantages of desho and vetch (V.villosa). The pre- sowing soil analysis showed that the experimental soil had average pH of 6.73. This indicates that the soil was slightly acidic. Intercropping vetch with desho grass resulted in significantly higher total dry matter yield than sole desho grass at all cutting stages.
The highest total dry matter yield (16.04-26.3 t/ha) was obtained from T1. The highest forage CP content (%) was obtained from T1 (10.07-13.45%) at all harvesting stages. On the other hand, significantly (P
 
Date 2022-10-31
2023-01-03T12:02:48Z
2023-01-03T12:02:48Z
 
Type Thesis
 
Identifier Berhanu, M. 2022. Effects of intercropping desho grass with vetch on forage yield, nutritional quality and soil fertility in Lemo District of Hadiya Zone, Southern Ethiopia. MSc thesis in Animal Production Health. Hossana, Ethiopia: Wachemo University.
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/126479
 
Language en
 
Rights Other
Open Access
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher Wachemo University