Seasonal Dynamics of Dry Matter, Crude Protein and Cell Wall Digestion in Total Plant, Leaves and Stems of Common Buffelgrass (Cenchrus ciliaris)

Dry Matter, Crude Protein and Cell Wall Digestion of Total Plant, Leaves and Stems in Llano Buffelgrass (Cenchrus ciliaris)

“…The same pattern has been reported in common Nueces buffelgrass collected from the same area and harvested on the same dates as for this study (Ramirez et al, 2001a;b). The EDCP in TP, L and S of Llano was significantly higher during summer compared to other seasons (Table 3) Like DM and CP, the EDCW was also higher during summer than in other seasons for this buffelgrass also Fable 4).…”

“…Adaptation of this cultivar is limited to arid areas with mild winters (Bashaw, 1980). Nutritional studies in this region have reported that common huffelgrass (Ramirez et al, 2001a) and Nueces buffelgrass (Ramirez et al, 2001b) have good nutritional quality during summer only for optimal livestock performance.…”

Seasonal Variation ofin situDigestibility of Dry Matter, Crude Protein and Cell Wall of Total Plant Leaves and Stems of Nueces Buffelgrass (Cenchrus ciliarisL.)

“…During summer EDDM resulted with the highest values and winter with the lowest. Ramirez et al (2001) also reported t h a t common buffelgrass had higher EDDM during summer than in other seasons. It seems that lignification in S of Nueces buffelgrass limited the EDDM compared to the L fraction.…”

Polymorphism of Cenchrus ciliaris L. a perennial grass of arid zones

“…, 1988). In the Saharan region, buffelgrass grows and persists under extreme drought conditions, because it has a high tolerance to water deficiency (Ramirez, 1999; Sanderson, Voight & Jones, 1999; Ramirez et al. , 2001).…”