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Kun Zhang, Chenyuan Zhai, Yonglong Li, Yan Li, Hui Qu and Yixin Shen
Although nitrogen application and cutting frequency (CF) are two important factors affecting forage productivity and quality, their effects on alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.), particularly in humid areas, remain less understood. Here, we investigated the fe...
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Shashi Kumar Gupta, Ponnaiah Govintharaj and Ruchika Bhardwaj
Three-way top-cross hybrids of pearl millet were evaluated along with a popular single- cross check hybrid (PAC 981) for forage yield and quality traits under a multi-cut (three cuts) system across multiple years, seasons and sites in India. Total green ...
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Tarek M. Galal, Esmat F. Ali, Ebrahem M. Eid, Hatim M. Al-Yasi, Ali Magrashi, Fayez Althobaiti and Emad A. Farahat
This study aimed to evaluate the nutrient content and nutritive value of pruning waste of the Taif Damask rose for its potential use as an organic fertilizer or animal forage in the Taif region, Saudi Arabia. For this purpose, the pruning waste of Taif?s...
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Xulin Guo, John F. Wilmshurst and Zhaoqin Li
Recent research in range ecology has emphasized the importance of forage quality as a key indicator of rangeland condition. However, we lack tools to evaluate forage quality at scales appropriate for management. Using canopy reflectance data to measure f...
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Bruno R. Gilli, Camila S. Grassmann, Eduardo Mariano and Ciro A. Rosolem
Crop?livestock integrated systems such as intercropping and crop rotation have been critical for sustainable agriculture, promoting land use intensification throughout the year. The success of these systems under no-till depends on numerous factors, and ...
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Gunasekhar Nachimuthu, Neil V. Halpin and Michael J. Bell
Intensive agricultural practices in farming systems in eastern Australia have been identified as a contributor to the poor runoff water quality entering the Great Barrier Reef (GBR). A field investigation was carried out to measure the off-farm water qua...
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Gastón Pichard
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There is little information known about the response of cup-plant (Silphium perfoliatum L.), a perennial forage crop introduced to Chile, to differing cultivation practices. A series of studies was conducted to evaluate the adaptation and productivity...
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Jiao Liu, Faguang Lu, Yiming Zhu, Hao Wu, Irshad Ahmad, Guichun Dong, Guisheng Zhou and Yanqing Wu
Soil salinization has become one of the major abiotic stresses limiting agricultural production globally. The full utilization of coastal saline-alkali land is of great significance for agricultural development. Among them, fertilizer management and plan...
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Patrycja Sowa-Borowiec, Waclaw Jarecki and Malgorzata Dzugan
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Iris Lobos,Cristian Javier Moscoso,Paula Pavez
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High levels of animal performance and health depend on high-quality nutrition. Determining forage quality both reliably and quickly is essential for improving animal production. The present study describes the use of near infrared reflectance s...
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Cecilia Loza, Hannah Davis, Carsten Malisch, Freidhelm Taube, Ralf Loges, Amelia Magistrali and Gillian Butler
The sustainability of dairying has been questioned, yet cattle exploit non-food resources (especially forages) and provide key nutrients for consumers? health. This study, using different forage types, considered milk?s nutritional quality, focusing on f...
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Shuangyan Chen
Molecular breeding has revolutionized the improvement of forage crops by offering precise tools to enhance the yield, quality, and environmental resilience. This review provides a comprehensive overview of the current technologies, applications, and futu...
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Alemayehu Teressa Negawo, Meki Shehabu Muktar, Ricardo Alonso Sánchez Gutiérrez, Ermias Habte, Alice Muchugi and Chris S. Jones
The development of modern genomic tools has helped accelerate genetic gains in the breeding program of food crops. More recently, genomic resources have been developed for tropical forages, providing key resources for developing new climate-resilient hig...
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Martin Gierus, Heba Sabry Attia Salama, Marc Lösche, Antje Herrmann and Friedhelm Taube
Precise information about carbohydrates and proteins in relation to their utilization in the rumen is useful for the breeding purposes of perennial ryegrass cultivars used for animal nutrition. The objective of the current study was to evaluate 20 diploi...
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Cristiana Maduro Dias, Helder Nunes and Alfredo Borba
Nutrition has a very significant impact on animal performance. Given the limited agricultural area of the Azores, the optimization of forage quality, quantity, and availability is key for the local livestock industry?s ability to respond to the challenge...
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Matthew Smart, Clint Otto, Robert Cornman and Deborah Iwanowicz
Colony monitoring devices used to track and assess the health status of honey bees are becoming more widely available and used by both beekeepers and researchers. These devices monitor parameters relevant to colony health at frequent intervals, often app...
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Esperanza Herrera-Torres, Manuel Murillo, Leslie Berumen, Nicolás Soto-Cruz, Jesús Paez-Lerma
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Opuntia ficus-indica is used in animal feed but has a low protein content (above 4%) in comparison to high-quality forage (above 16%). It isnecessary to develop technologies that improve the nutrimental value of Opuntia ficus-indica through the process ...
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Vincenzo Tufarelli, Marco Ragni and Vito Laudadio
The present review discusses the existing research findings on the nutritional impact of forages in poultry diet and the significance of forages in sustainable poultry production systems. The nutritional composition and antinutritional factors of the mai...
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Khulan Sharavdorj, Ser-Oddamba Byambadorj, Yeongmi Jang, Youngjik Ahn and Jin-Woong Cho
Soil salinity is a key factor to limiting agricultural products throughout the world, especially in arid and semi-arid areas, since it intervenes with plant morpho-physiology, resulting in reduced growth and development, as well as disruption of ion home...
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Ewa Mackiewicz-Walec and Marzenna Olszewska
Biostimulants are becoming more prevalent in the production of forage and turfgrasses. Many can be classified as natural biostimulants, including humic acids (HA), fulvic acids (FA), protein hydrolysates (PHs) and seaweed extracts (SWE), in addition to c...
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