Evaluation of ten perennial forage grasses for biomass and nutritional quality

Faji, Mulisa; Kebede, Gezahagn; Feyissa, Fekede; Mohammed, Kedir; Minta, Muluneh; Mengistu, Solomon; Tsegahun, Aschalew

doi:10.17138/tgft(9)292-299

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“…The CP values of the grass fodder species were observed to be above the critical value of 7.5% which is reported to be required for proper digestion ( Figure 3 ). This was in accordance with the findings of Faji et al, Gate et al and Abebe et al [ 19 , 20 , 21 ],where the CP values were obtained in the range of 5.04% (Desho grass) to 6.98% ( Setaria sphacelata ), 6.13% to 9.63% (Baja × Napier hybrid) and 7.24% ( Cenchrus ciliaris ) to 8.90% ( Chrysopogon aucheri ). Conversely, it was in contrast with the findings of Adebayo et al [ 22 ],who reported thatthe values of CP were from 9.49% to 25.86% in Guinea grass.…”

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Exploring the Nutritional Potential of Wild Grass Fodder for Mega Herbivore (Elephas maximus) in the Foothills of Western Ghats

Packialakshmi

Divya

Baranidharan

et al. 2022

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An elephant, being a mega herbivore, consumes large amounts of food. Due to the lack of availability of fodder inside the forest, the elephants move out of their habitat areas and also find agricultural crops attractive, which further results in man–animal conflict. To improve the elephant habitat area, the current study was conducted to assess the availability of native fodder grasses inside the Coimbatore Elephant Reserve, Western Ghats, from April 2021–April 2022. The area falls between 10°37′and 11°31′ North latitudes and 76°39′and 77°5′ East longitudes. It was approached in a systematic random sampling method. A total of 128 sample plots of 1sq.m size were randomly placed, and the density of grass species was recorded in percentage (%). The collected samples were shade dried for one week, ground to pass through a 1 mm sieve, and stored in polythene bags. Furthermore, the samples were chemically analyzed to determine their nutritional values. The dry matter (DM) content of various grass fodder varied from 28.18% to 59.75%. The crude protein (CP) content differed between 5.94% and 11.94%. The highest CP was recorded in Cynodon dactylon (11.94%) and the least in Aristida setacea (5.94%). Ether extract content was found in the ranges of 1.00% to 5.00%. The acid detergent fibre (ADF) content of Aristida setacea (45.74%) was observed as the highest, whereas the lowest was observed in Oplismenus burmannii (26.78%), followed by Themeda triandra (26.85%), Heteropogon contortus (30.12%) and Enteropogon monostachyos (30.31%). The average neutral detergent fibre content of grass fodder was 52.27%, with a range of 37.89% (Oplismenus burmannii) to 67.87% (Cymbopogon martinii). The average total digestible nutrient (TDN) content of grass was 77.45%; relative forage quality (RFQ) exhibited wider variations among the grasses and ranged between 107.51 and 198.83. This study is a pioneer in evaluating the nutritional values of native grass fodder species for elephants in the Western Ghats. The study gives strategies for the selection of high nutritive fodder grass for the habitat improvement of elephants, and it also provides scientific and baseline information for the conservation of native grass fodder species in the Western Ghats.

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Exploring the Nutritional Potential of Wild Grass Fodder for Mega Herbivore (Elephas maximus) in the Foothills of Western Ghats

Packialakshmi

Divya

Baranidharan

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“…The CP, NDF, ADF, ADL contents, and IVDMD of Desho grass in the present study were higher than in other studies (Bimrew et al, 2017;Mulisa et al, 2021). The CP content of Desho grass was also higher than that reported in different studies (Denbela and Demerew, 2021;Teshale et al, 2021).…”

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“…The yield performance of different forage crops vary due to differences in genetic make-up and their differential response to the growing environments. The recent study done at Holetta indicated that Desho grass had greater herbage DM accumulation compared to other perennial forage species (Mulisa et al, 2021). The mean herbage DM accumulation observed in this study for Desho grass (Bimrew, 2016;Tekalegn et al, 2017;Denbela et al, 2020;Teshale et al, 2021); Rhodes grass (Brima, 2011;Allah and Bello, 2019); Oat/ vetch mixtures (Getnet, 1999;Fantahun, 2016); and sole oat (Fekede, 2004;Getnet et al, 2004) were different compared to their respective DM yield reported by different scholars.…”

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Productivity and economic feasibility of cultivated forage and food crops in the central highlands of Ethiopia

Kebede,

Faji,

Feyissa

et al. 2024

Front. Anim. Sci.

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The study was conducted to evaluate the yield performance of improved forage and food crops and to estimate the profitability of fodder and food crops in Holetta and Ejere areas, central highlands of Ethiopia during 2019 and 2020 cropping seasons. The experiment was laid out in randomized complete block design with three replications and evaluated two annual forage crops, two perennial forage crops, and two cereal food crops. Data on herbage dry matter (DM) yield was collected for forage crops while straw and grain yields were measured for food crops. Partial budget analysis was made to evaluate the economic feasibility of forage and food crops production. The result revealed that the herbage DM yield varied (P<0.05) at each location during each production year and combined over years and between the two locations. The straw and grain yields of food crops also varied (P<0.05) between the two production years and locations. The nutritive values of herbage and straw yields of forage and food crops differed (P<0.05) for all measured parameters. The crude protein and in-vitro dry matter digestibility of perennial forage crops were relatively higher than annual forage crops and straw of food crops. The partial budget analysis result indicated that the gross revenue (GR) and net return (NR) obtained from food crops were the highest followed by annual forage crops while the least was recorded from perennial forage crops during the first year of production. However, perennial forage crops produced the higher GR and NR than food crops and annual forage crops in the second year of production. In the second year of production, among the forage crops, Desho grass generated 308, 293, 287, and 232% while Rhodes grass generated 99, 92, 90, and 62% more NR than wheat, sole oat, barley, and oat/vetch mixtures, respectively. The benefit-cost ratio (BCR) of perennial forage crops was the lowest (3.0 for Desho and 1.6 for Rhodes) in the first year of production but the ratio was the highest (17.2 for Desho and 8.6 for Rhodes) in the second year of production. This confirms the better economic feasibility of perennial forage crops as they can be maintained using minimal management cost once they have been established.

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“…For example, additional water could increase lignin content (Qu et al, 2014). There are negative relationships between NDF, ADF and ADL content and nutrient digestibility (Faji et al, 2021;Kondo et al, 2015;Puteri et al, 2015;Wahyono et al, 2019).…”

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“…The criteria for good BMR types can be determined by the growth and digestibility of the plants (Sriagtula et al, 2017). For effective animal feed management, it is very important to provide information on the chemical content of available potential forages (Faji et al, 2021). The present study was therefore designed to evaluate the yield, nutrient profile and in vitro digestibility of new BMR mutant lines of sorghum forage in Indonesia.…”

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Forage-Yield and Nutrient Quality of New Brown Midrib (BMR) Mutant Lines of Sorghum

Wahyono

Indriatama

Sasongko

et al. 2023

Trop. Anim. Sci. J.

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The objective of this study was to evaluate the yield, nutrient profile and in vitro digestibility of new BMR mutant lines of sorghum in Indonesia. These mutant lines were GH2.1, GH2.2, GH2.3, GH4.1, GH4.2, GH4.3 and GH4.4. One sorghum mutant line (CTY) and two national sorghum varieties (Super 1 and Bioguma) were also evaluated as controls. In vitro digestibility and rumen fermentation were measured using Ankom Daisy Fermenter and Hohenheim gas test methods, respectively. In vitro measurement consisted of ten treatments with five replications following a completely randomized design. The highest stem sugar content was found in Bioguma (11.22%) and GH4.4 (9.32%) (p<0.05). The Bioguma variety and the GH2.3 mutant line had a higher number of stem segments and fresh forage yield than the Super 1 variety (p<0.05). A greater concentration of crude protein (CP) was observed for the GH.2.1, GH2.2, GH2.3 and GH4.1 lines (p<0.05). The GH2.3 mutant line had the lowest acid detergent lignin (ADL) content (p<0.05), while Bioguma had the highest level of non-fibre carbohydrate (NFC) compounds (p<0.05). The highest relative feed value (RFV) was observed for the GH2.3 line (p<0.05). Furthermore, GH4.2 and GH2.3 had greater in vitro true digestibility (IVTD) (p<0.05) but were not significantly different from Bioguma. Regarding yield characteristics, nutrient composition and in vitro digestibility values, the highest values were found in the Bioguma variety and the GH2.3 mutant line. Except for n-valerate (nC5), significant differences in all rumen fermentation parameters were observed among sorghum cultivars (p<0.05). Regarding the interrelationship between parameters, we found a medium correlation of DMD with the ADL and cellulose content of sorghum forage (R 2 = -0.489 and R 2 = -0.674, respectively). Based on these findings, the GH2.3 BMR mutant line should be further developed as forage sorghum.

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Evaluation of ten perennial forage grasses for biomass and nutritional quality

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Exploring the Nutritional Potential of Wild Grass Fodder for Mega Herbivore (Elephas maximus) in the Foothills of Western Ghats

Exploring the Nutritional Potential of Wild Grass Fodder for Mega Herbivore (Elephas maximus) in the Foothills of Western Ghats

Productivity and economic feasibility of cultivated forage and food crops in the central highlands of Ethiopia

Forage-Yield and Nutrient Quality of New Brown Midrib (BMR) Mutant Lines of Sorghum

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