Offered Papers Theme A: Efficient Production from Grassland
Description
Consumption of grasses is influenced by the physical properties of forages which confer resistance to digestive breakdown. Such barriers may be the proportion of indigestible tissues, girder structure and epidermal cell arrangements. Anatomical factors, if identified early are invaluable tools in breeding and selection programmes for forages of high quality. The objective of this study was to verify which anatomical attributes might be interfering in the physical resistance to rumen breakdown in Brachiaria brizantha ecotypes.
Citation
Lempp, B.; do Valle, Cacilda B.; Morais, M. das G.; Borges, R. A.; and Detmann, E., "Physical Impediment Towards Digestive Breakdown in Leaf Blades of Brachiaria Brizantha" (2023). IGC Proceedings (1997-2023). 170.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/20/themeA/170
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Physical Impediment Towards Digestive Breakdown in Leaf Blades of Brachiaria Brizantha
Consumption of grasses is influenced by the physical properties of forages which confer resistance to digestive breakdown. Such barriers may be the proportion of indigestible tissues, girder structure and epidermal cell arrangements. Anatomical factors, if identified early are invaluable tools in breeding and selection programmes for forages of high quality. The objective of this study was to verify which anatomical attributes might be interfering in the physical resistance to rumen breakdown in Brachiaria brizantha ecotypes.
