Investigates the nutritive value of three important native forages in southern Ethiopia (two browses and one cultivated legume) for possible inclusion in improved feeding systems for calves managed by seminomadic pastoralists. Fruits (pods & seeds) of Acacia tortilis (Forsk.) Hayne subsspirocarpa...
Coppock, D.L.
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Reed, J.D.
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[Cultivated and native browse legumes as calf supplements in Ethiopia]
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Cultivated and native browse legumes as calf supplements in Ethiopia
Supplementation of basal diets with multipurpose trees (MPTs) increases essential nutrients available to rumen microbes, increases rate of passage of particulate matter by 23-53 percent and of liquid matter by 9-43 percent. Supplementing teff straw with graded levels of cowpea or lablab significa...
Osuji, P.O.
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Odenyo, A.A.
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[The role of legume forages as supplements to low quality roughages - ILRI experience]
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The role of legume forages as supplements to low quality roughages - ILRI experience
This study examined the effects of lablab hay and graded levels of wheat bran supplementation on feed intake, feed degradation characteristics, apparent digestibility, milk yield and milk composition of crossbred cows fed forages from cereal crops+legume intercropping (maize/lablab (ML) stover or...
Mpairwe, D.R.
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Sabiiti, E.N.
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Umunna, N.N.
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Tegegne, Azage
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Osuji, P.O.
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[Integration of forage legumes with cereal crops. II. Effect of supplementation with lablab hay and incremental levels of wheat bran on voluntary food intake, digestibility, milk yield and milk composition of crossbred cows fed maize-lablab stover or oats-vetch hay ad libitum]
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Integration of forage legumes with cereal crops. II. Effect of supplementation with lablab hay and incremental levels of wheat bran on voluntary food intake, digestibility, milk yield and milk composition of crossbred cows fed maize-lablab stover or oats-vetch hay ad libitum
This paper looks at the applicability of three management oriented simulation models that are being evaluated by the environmental Sciences Division at ILCA. Basically the three models (CERES-maize NITROSIM and SCUAF) have been designed to simulate crop growth and development and crop yields, as ...
Saka, A.R.
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Haque, I.
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[Maize/Annual forage legumes mixed cropping systems: Characterizing water and Nitrogen dynamics in maize/vetch pure and mixed stands. II. Criteria for model selection and minimum data sets requirements for model use and verification]
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Maize/Annual forage legumes mixed cropping systems: Characterizing water and Nitrogen dynamics in maize/vetch pure and mixed stands. II. Criteria for model selection and minimum data sets requirements for model use and verification
Andersson, Meike S.
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Schultze-Kraft, Rainer
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Peters, Michael
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Hincapié Carvajal, Belisario
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Lascano, Carlos E.
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[Morphological agronomic and forage quality diversity of the Flemingia macrophylla world collection]
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Morphological agronomic and forage quality diversity of the Flemingia macrophylla world collection
Torres González, Alba Marina
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Belalcázar, John
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Maass, Brigitte L.
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Schultze-Kraft, Rainer
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[Inventario de especies forrajeras tropicales mantenidas en el CIAT = Inventory of tropical forage species maintained at CIAT]
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Inventario de especies forrajeras tropicales mantenidas en el CIAT = Inventory of tropical forage species maintained at CIAT
Low phosphorus (P) supply is a major limitation to pasture establishment and production in highly weathered acid soils. Previous research showed that the forage legume, Arachis pintoi, was more efficient in acquiring P from infertile acid soils than the forage grass, Brachiaria dictyoneura. The m...
Rao, Idupulapati M.
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Borrero, V.
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Ricaurte Oyola, José Jaumer
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García, Ramiro
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[Adaptive attributes of tropical forage species to acid soils. V. Differences in phosphorus acquisition from less available inorganic and organic sources of phosphate]
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Adaptive attributes of tropical forage species to acid soils. V. Differences in phosphorus acquisition from less available inorganic and organic sources of phosphate
Livestock in south-east Asia are used for a wide variety of purposes. In many regions, there is an increasing demand for animal protein but, at the same time, increasing population pressure is pushing livestock on to more marginal lands. These marginal lands are generally uplands where soils are ...
Horne, PM
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Stür, Werner W.
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[Current and future opportunities for introduced forages in smallholder farming systems in south-east Asia]
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Current and future opportunities for introduced forages in smallholder farming systems in south-east Asia
Discusses ILCA's forage legume work in the Ethiopian highlands with particular reference to trifolium including germplasm collection. Presents data on DM yield, CP percentage and DM digestibility of four trifolium spp. and vicia villosa grown at Shola (Ethiopia) in 1981.
Presents the dry matter yields of 9 trifolium species fertilized at various P levels on a black clay vertisol (PH6) at ILCA's head quarters near Addis Ababa (elevation 2400m, rainfall 1300 mm).
Akundabweni, L.S.
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[Native clovers of the Ethiopian highlands: The backwoods champions]
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Native clovers of the Ethiopian highlands: The backwoods champions