Theme 2-2: Forage Production and Utilization--Poster Sessions
Publication Date
2021
Location
Kenya
Description
Camello® (GP 3025) is a tolerant to drought Urochloa hybrid grass showing good forage production, early flowering with high regrowth rates. The objective was to define nutrient concentration changes by morphological component and, their differences for two tropical contrasting environments. Nutrient concentrations differences (P≤0.05) were observed among morphological components over time. In environments (Aw1) the morphological components showed higher average protein content in comparison to that from hostile conditions (Aw0); lamina (12.2% vs 10.4%), pseudostem (9.5% vs 6.6%) and sheath (9.8% vs 6.8%). Hostile environments (Aw0) promoted increases for FAD (47.9%, 46.9%, pseudostem and sheath, respectively) and lignin (6.6%, 9.1% pseudostem and sheath, respectively). The nutritional changes per morphological components is the best tool to define optimal moment for harvesting on nutritional bioavailability for livestock production intensification.
Citation
Alvaro, Bernal-Flores; Pizarro, E. A.; Quero-Carrillo, Adrián R.; Pérez-Rodríguez, Paulino; Ruíz, Ramon Rodolfo; and Da Cruz Madeira, Thiago, "Nutritional Sensitivity Per Morphological Component in Urochloa Hybrid under Tropical Environments" (2021). IGC Proceedings (1985-2023). 51.
(URL: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/24/2-2/51)
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Nutritional Sensitivity Per Morphological Component in Urochloa Hybrid under Tropical Environments
Kenya
Camello® (GP 3025) is a tolerant to drought Urochloa hybrid grass showing good forage production, early flowering with high regrowth rates. The objective was to define nutrient concentration changes by morphological component and, their differences for two tropical contrasting environments. Nutrient concentrations differences (P≤0.05) were observed among morphological components over time. In environments (Aw1) the morphological components showed higher average protein content in comparison to that from hostile conditions (Aw0); lamina (12.2% vs 10.4%), pseudostem (9.5% vs 6.6%) and sheath (9.8% vs 6.8%). Hostile environments (Aw0) promoted increases for FAD (47.9%, 46.9%, pseudostem and sheath, respectively) and lignin (6.6%, 9.1% pseudostem and sheath, respectively). The nutritional changes per morphological components is the best tool to define optimal moment for harvesting on nutritional bioavailability for livestock production intensification.
