Theme 09: Forage Quality
Publication Date
2001
Location
Brazil
Description
Cross-sections of available forage and extrusa fractions of leaf blades of Tanzânia-1, Mombaça and Massai grasses were evaluated for anatomic structure and observations of residue of in vitro digestibility. The observations showed greater frequency of scherenchyma girders in leaf blades of cv Massai, compared with order grasses. Tanzânia-1 and Mombaça residues were more susceptible to digestion, while Massai presented more frequently scherenchyma girders associated with less digestible bundle sheath.
Citation
Lempp, B.; Euclides, Valéria P. B.; da Graça Morais, Maria; and Victor, D. M., "Observation of Bundle Sheath Digestion of Panicum maximum Jacq," (2001). IGC Proceedings (1985-2023). 31.
(URL: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/19/9/31)
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Observation of Bundle Sheath Digestion of Panicum maximum Jacq,
Brazil
Cross-sections of available forage and extrusa fractions of leaf blades of Tanzânia-1, Mombaça and Massai grasses were evaluated for anatomic structure and observations of residue of in vitro digestibility. The observations showed greater frequency of scherenchyma girders in leaf blades of cv Massai, compared with order grasses. Tanzânia-1 and Mombaça residues were more susceptible to digestion, while Massai presented more frequently scherenchyma girders associated with less digestible bundle sheath.
