The paper investigates the variation in laboratory fodder quality traits in stover of 16 cultivars of pearl millet grown over 2 consecutive years and subjected to two different fertilizer regimes and planting densities. Stover quality traits were nitrogen and sugar content, in vitro digestibility...
Blümmel, Michael
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Bidinger, F.R.
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Hash, C.T.
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[Management and cultivar effects on ruminant nutritional quality of pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.) stover. II. Effects of cultivar choice on stover quality and productivity]
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Management and cultivar effects on ruminant nutritional quality of pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.) stover. II. Effects of cultivar choice on stover quality and productivity
In the semi-arid tropics, over two-third’s of the world’s people depend on agriculture within which livestock play a major role in building rural livelihoods. Crop residues (fodder/stover) are important feed resources for ruminants. This review was undertaken with the objective of improving under...
The paper reports on the variations in organic matter digestibility (OMD), organic matter intake (OMI), digestible organic matter intake (DOMI) and nitrogen (N) balances of 40 pearl millet stover fed to sheep ad libitum and investigated relationships between these in vivo variables and morphologi...
Ravi, D.
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Samireddypalle, A.
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Khan, A.A.
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Bidinger, F.R.
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Nepolean, T.
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Hash, C.T.
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Blümmel, Michael
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[Morphological, chemical and in vitro traits for prediction of stover quality in pearl millet for use in multidimensional crop improvement]
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Morphological, chemical and in vitro traits for prediction of stover quality in pearl millet for use in multidimensional crop improvement
This paper reviews the role of and demand for food-feed-crops — crops that are grown to provide both grain for human food and crop residues as fodder for ruminant livestock. The paper argues that the predicted increase in demand for livestock products will coincide with shrinking common property ...
Hall, A.J.
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Blümmel, Michael
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Thorpe, W.R.
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Bidinger, F.R.
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Hash, C.T.
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[Sorghum and pearl millet as food-feed-crops in India]
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Sorghum and pearl millet as food-feed-crops in India
Alexander, G.
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Khan, A.A.
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Ravi, D.
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Bidinger, F.R.
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Hash, C.T.
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Blümmel, Michael
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[Morphological, chemical and in vitro stover quality traits to predict the livestock productivity potential of pearl millet stover]
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Morphological, chemical and in vitro stover quality traits to predict the livestock productivity potential of pearl millet stover
Grain and stover productivity and variation in stover quality traits were investigated amongst 256 full-sib progenies of pearl millet variety ICMV 221. Substantial ranges were observed for grain (1.5-fold difference) and stover (1.8-fold difference) yields. Stover protein content varied two-fold,...
Bidinger, F.R.
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Blümmel, Michael
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Hash, C.T.
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Choudhary, S.
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[Genetic enhancement for superior food-feed traits in a pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.) variety by recurrent selection]
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Genetic enhancement for superior food-feed traits in a pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.) variety by recurrent selection
Hash, C.T.
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Blümmel, Michael
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Bidinger, F.R.
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[Genotype × environment interactions in food-feed traits in pearl millet cultivars]
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Genotype × environment interactions in food-feed traits in pearl millet cultivars
The overall objective of this work was to investigate variation in grain yield (GY), stover yield (SY), fodder quality of stover and their association in sorghum and pearl millet. These relationships were investigated in India in 12 genotypes of sorghum and six genotypes of pearl millet grown und...
Blümmel, Michael
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Zerbini, E.
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Reddy, B.V.S.
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Hash, C.T.
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Bidinger, F.R.
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Khan, A.A.
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[Improving the production and utilization of sorghum and pearl millet as livestock feed: progress towards dual-purpose genotypes]
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Improving the production and utilization of sorghum and pearl millet as livestock feed: progress towards dual-purpose genotypes
The overall objective of this work was the identification of simple, yet accurate, assessments of fodder quality of sorghum and pearl millet stover in crop improvement programs. Stover from 12 genotypes of sorghum and six genotypes of pearl millet grown under high and low fertilizer application w...
Blümmel, Michael
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Zerbini, E.
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Reddy, B.V.S.
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Hash, C.T.
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Bidinger, F.R.
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Ravi, D.
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[Improving the production and utilization of sorghum and pearl millet as livestock feed: methodological problems and possible solutions]
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Improving the production and utilization of sorghum and pearl millet as livestock feed: methodological problems and possible solutions
The objectives of the present work were threefold: first, to determine the ranges of grain and stover yields and stover quality traits in full-sib progenies of pearl millet cultivar ICMV 221; second, to assess changes in grain and stover characteristics in trait-specific experimental varieties ge...
Bidinger, F.R.
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Blümmel, Michael
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Hash, C.T.
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[Response to recurrent selection for stover feeding value in pearl millet variety ICMV 221]
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Response to recurrent selection for stover feeding value in pearl millet variety ICMV 221