Description
There is a need to determine the use of annual warm-season grasses (AWSGs) such as forage sorghum (FS), millets (M), sudangrass (SG), and sorghum-sudangrass hybrid (SSH) can be integrated for grazing or hay production when utilized with appropriate grazing management strategies. The objective of the study was to screen new cultivars with the potential for resistance to sugar cane aphid (SCA, Melanaphis sacchar) for biomass production and nutritive value in a one-cut system. Treatments consisted of 30 cultivars that included FS, SG, SSH, and millets (M). Treatments were replicated three times in a randomized complete block design. Cultivars influenced forage biomass production and nutritive values for crude protein (CP), neutral detergent fiber (NDF), and in vitro dry matter digestibility (IVTDMD). There was a low incidence of sugarcane aphids and no differences among brown-mid rib (BMR) non-BMR and types were observed.
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Warm-season Annual Grasses as Pinpoint Grazing Opportunities
There is a need to determine the use of annual warm-season grasses (AWSGs) such as forage sorghum (FS), millets (M), sudangrass (SG), and sorghum-sudangrass hybrid (SSH) can be integrated for grazing or hay production when utilized with appropriate grazing management strategies. The objective of the study was to screen new cultivars with the potential for resistance to sugar cane aphid (SCA, Melanaphis sacchar) for biomass production and nutritive value in a one-cut system. Treatments consisted of 30 cultivars that included FS, SG, SSH, and millets (M). Treatments were replicated three times in a randomized complete block design. Cultivars influenced forage biomass production and nutritive values for crude protein (CP), neutral detergent fiber (NDF), and in vitro dry matter digestibility (IVTDMD). There was a low incidence of sugarcane aphids and no differences among brown-mid rib (BMR) non-BMR and types were observed.
