Forage sorghum-legumes intercropping: effect on growth, yields, nutritional quality and economic returns

Iqbal, Muhammad Aamir; Hamid, Abdul; Ahmad, Tanvir; Siddiqui, M. H.; Hussain, Imtiaz; Ali, Sajid; Ali, Anser; Ahmad, Zahoor

doi:10.1590/1678-4499.2017363

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“…Weeds having exceptionally higher lignin content caused a sharp decline in feed intake leading to serious malnutrition in dairy Changing Climate and Advances on Weeds Utilization as Forage: Provisions, Nutritional Quality… DOI: http://dx.doi.org /10.5772/intechopen.91386 animals. Similarly, significantly less palatability of weeds reduce their intake, which led to animal's weight loss along with sharp decline in milk production [52][53][54].…”

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Changing Climate and Advances on Weeds Utilization as Forage: Provisions, Nutritional Quality and Implications

Iqbal¹,

Ali²,

Sabagh³

et al. 2020

Invasive Species - Introduction Pathways, Economic Impact, and Possible Management Options

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Under changing climate, growth and prevalence of many invasive and indigenous weeds are expected to boost up owing to their greater genetic diversity, competitive superiority and better plant architecture. Atmospheric CO 2 enrichment and elevating global temperature are causing weeds invasion to new localities making prevalent weed management strategies ineffective. Weed utilization as forage for ruminants provided that their nutritional profile is available and can be a biologically feasible and economically viable approach compared to existing management system of eliminating them from agro-ecological systems. Different weeds like Bermuda grass (Cynodon dactylon), Johnson grass (Sorghum halepense), canary grass (Phalaris minor), nut sedge (Cyperus rotundus), yellow duck (Rumex crispus), drooping brome (Bromus tectorum), burr clover (Medicago polymorpha), button weed (Diodia scandens), and purslane (Portulaca oleracea) had acceptable nutritional profile with organic matter (89.0-91.3%), protein (7.1-19.5%) and fats (2.1-3.7%). Those were also rich in micro-nutrients (calcium, magnesium and zinc), while anti-nutritional factors (saponins, tannins, phytates and oxalates) were in safer limits for dairy animals. Lack of nutritional profiling and presence of anti-nutritional factors decreased feed intake and led to malnutrition, while higher concentration of tannins caused digestibility depression in small ruminants. There is need to conduct further studies for nutritional profiling of local weed species and development of techniques for reducing their anti-nutritional factors.

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Section: Limitations and Implicationsmentioning

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Changing Climate and Advances on Weeds Utilization as Forage: Provisions, Nutritional Quality and Implications

Iqbal¹,

Ali²,

Sabagh³

et al. 2020

Invasive Species - Introduction Pathways, Economic Impact, and Possible Management Options

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“…Cereal+legume mixtures represent complex communities of grasses and legumes that make better use of resources and have a number of positive traits in comparison to cereal monoculture. The mixing of legumes in cereals improves the protein proportion through their significant biomass contribution (Iqbal et al, 2006, Iqbal et al, 2019. The mixed sowing of legumes with cereals increases nutritional value of forage (Ahmad et al, 2007;Geren, et al, 2008), compensate the protein deficiency (Ibrahim, 2006).…”

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The Major Chemical Constituents of Teosinte Grown as Mono and Mixed Cropping with Legumes in different Sowing Date

Khanal¹,

Devkota²,

Tiwari³

et al. 2021

J. Nep. Agric. Res. Counc.

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Teosinte (Euchlaena mexicana) is one of the most popular summer growing cereal fodder, yet with comparatively low level of chemical constituents. The quality of this fodder can be improved through better by cultivation management including sowing dates and mixed cropping with legume. The main objective of this study was to determine the forage quality as reflected by major chemical constituents of pure stands of teosinte and binary mixtures of teosinte with commonly available legumes under different dates of sowing. Four fodder combinations; teosinte mono crop, teosinte+ cowpea, tesosinte+ rice bean, and teosinte+ lablab bean was arranged to cultivate in three different date of sowing in the field in a Split Plot Design with 5 replications. Main plot treatments were different sowing dates and sub-plot treatments were combinations of fodder species. Dry herbage mass production, crude protein (CP), neutral detergent fiber (NDF), acid detergent fiber (ADF), acid detergent lignin (ADL) and Ash were determined. The results showed that the significantly the highest Dry herbage and CP were obtained from fodder combination teosinte+ cowpea if sown at 18th April, whereas the significantly highest mean values of ADF and NDF were obtained for teosinte mono fodder crop. However, the lowest average value of ADF and NDF was obtained for fodder combination teosinte with cowpea. The average value of Ash and ADL of both harvest for fodder combination and date of sowing was statistically similar (p>0.05). The effect of treatments interaction/combination on cumulative dry herbage was statistically high (p<0.05) when teosinte+ cowpea was sown at 18th April. However, effect of treatments interaction/combination on average value of CP, NDF, ADF, ADL and Ash of both harvests (g/kg DM) was statistically similar (p>0.05). The results showed that mixture of teosinte with cowpea sown at 18th April could be the best combination in terms of quantity as well as for major chemical constituents that could reflect better quality of fodder harvest.

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“…Rotation, inter-and mixed cropping contributes to the nitrogen cycle and enhances soil quality (Kavut and Geren, 2017). These systemic practices also help to loosen the soil, improve soil structure, nitrogen, and organic matter content (Yıldırım and Özaslan Parlak, 2016;Iqbal et al, 2019).…”

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“…They also allow low input production (Dai et al, 2019) and provide pest control without chemical pesticides (Allen-Perkins and Estrada, 2019). Mixed cropping is reported to contribute to reduced weed infestation and increased water use efficiency (Iqbal et al, 2019).…”

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Karışım Ekim Koşullarında Yaygın Fiğ (Vicia Sativa L.) ve Tritikale (Xtriticosecale Wittmack) Bitkisinin Kök Sistemi Etkileşimleri

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2021

Türk Tarım Ve Doğa Bilimleri Dergisi

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Intercropping, mixed cropping, and rotation are commonly applied and some of the oldest crop production techniques to improve soil structure and nitrogen status. While rotation takes generally two-season with one triticeae and legume, inter-and mixed cropping takes place within the same season. Among many advantages of legume inter-and mixed cropping, the most important one is the sustainable use of soil resources and reduced input cost. Numerous studies evaluated the effect of inter -and mixed cropping on above-ground interactions, very few investigated below-ground interactions in these systems. This study aimed to investigate common vetch (Vicia sativa) x triticale (Xtriticosecale Wittmack) root system interactions at the seedling stage under intercropping conditions. The study was conducted with a semi-hydroponic plexiglass system. Five different ratios were used to test species level intercommunication and competition. The results suggest that, while triticale significantly affected the development of common vetch roots, common vetch did not affect triticale. Triticale with a fibrous root system was more aggressive on root growth compared to common vetch. It was seen that the most vigorous root system development (for both species) was at doses with higher legume ratios. Our results highlight the importance of below-ground interactions for the selection of best ratios to gain maximum outcome from the intercropping systems.

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Forage sorghum-legumes intercropping: effect on growth, yields, nutritional quality and economic returns

Cited by 56 publications

References 51 publications

Changing Climate and Advances on Weeds Utilization as Forage: Provisions, Nutritional Quality and Implications

Changing Climate and Advances on Weeds Utilization as Forage: Provisions, Nutritional Quality and Implications

The Major Chemical Constituents of Teosinte Grown as Mono and Mixed Cropping with Legumes in different Sowing Date

Karışım Ekim Koşullarında Yaygın Fiğ (Vicia Sativa L.) ve Tritikale (Xtriticosecale Wittmack) Bitkisinin Kök Sistemi Etkileşimleri

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