During the period February to July 1992, the incidence of attacks by insect pests on ten cultivated browse species was studied at Obio Akpa, located in humid southeastern Nigeria. Two of the browse species Gliricidia sepium and Leucaena leucocephala were exotic and eight Alchornia cordifolia, Bap...
Orok, E.J.
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Ekpo, M.U.
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Larbi, Asamoah
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[Insect pests of some exotic and indigenous browse species in southeastern Nigeria]
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Insect pests of some exotic and indigenous browse species in southeastern Nigeria
Harvests were made at the end of the main (April-August) and minor (September-November) wet, and dry (December-March) seasons for two years. Dry season edible forage samples were analyzed for concentrations of crude protein (CP), neutral detergent fibre (NDF), acid detergent fibre (NDF), acid det...
Larbi, Asamoah
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Smith, Jimmy W.
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Kurdi, I.O.
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Adekunle, I.O.
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Raji, A.M.
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Ladipo, D.O.
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[Feed value of multipurpose fodder trees and shrubs in West Africa: Edible forage production and nutritive value of Millettia thonningii and Albizia lebbeck]
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Feed value of multipurpose fodder trees and shrubs in West Africa: Edible forage production and nutritive value of Millettia thonningii and Albizia lebbeck
Browse is an important forage in pastoral systems, especially during dry seasons, because it is high in nitrogen and digestibility. However, browse palatability may be reduced by possible plant defenses such as tannins and physical attributes. Chemical and physical properties of 20 browse species...
Woodward, A.
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Coppock, D.L.
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[Role of plant defense in the utilization of native browse in southern Ethiopia]
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Role of plant defense in the utilization of native browse in southern Ethiopia
Two experiments were conducted using dried leaves of Alchornea cordifolia, Ficus capensis, Manniophytum fulvum and Albizza niopoides. In Experiment 1, dry matter (DM) degradation characteristics were investigated using the in sacco nylon bag technique in West African Dwarf (WAD) sheep, WAD goats ...
Smith, Jimmy W.
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Larbi, Asamoah
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Jabbar, M.A.
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Akinlade, J.
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[Rumen degradation in sheep, goats and cattle and voluntary intake by sheep of four browse species]
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Rumen degradation in sheep, goats and cattle and voluntary intake by sheep of four browse species
We investigated variation in forage production, in sacco dry matter (DM) and nitrogen (N) degradations, and in vitro gas production characteristics of four Albizia (A. lebbeck N 864), A. procera N 865, A. saman N 825) and Paraserianthes falcataria (N 783) provenances obtained from The Nitrogen Fi...
Larbi, Asamoah
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Smith, Jimmy W.
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Adekunle, I.O.
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Kurdi, I.O.
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[Studies on multipurpose fodder trees and shrubs in West Africa: Variation in determinants of forage quality in Albizia and Paraserianthes species]
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Studies on multipurpose fodder trees and shrubs in West Africa: Variation in determinants of forage quality in Albizia and Paraserianthes species
Shrubs and trees browsed by Fulani pastoralists' cattle in two areas of central Nigeria were identified by means of interviews with the pastoralists and observations of browsing cattle. Thirty-nine palnt species were identified, many of them indigenous economic trees. The species were ranked by p...
Larbi, Asamoah
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Jabbar, M.A.
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Orok, E.J.
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Idiong, N.B.
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Cobbina, J.
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[Alchornea cordifolia, a promising indigenous browse species adapted to acid soils in southeastern Nigeria for integrated crop-livestock agroforestry production systems]
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Alchornea cordifolia, a promising indigenous browse species adapted to acid soils in southeastern Nigeria for integrated crop-livestock agroforestry production systems
The small amount of on-farm research that has been carried out with fodder trees in Africa has mainly involved exotic species selected by researchers rather than farmers. In this study, farmers who had participated in a pre-planting survey chose, during feedback meetings, seedlings of indigenous,...
Roothaert, Ralph L.
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Franzel, Steven
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Kiura, M
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[On-farm evaluation of fodder trees and shrubs preferred by farmers in Central Kenya]
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On-farm evaluation of fodder trees and shrubs preferred by farmers in Central Kenya
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
A study was conducted to determine the intake, growth and digestibility in sheep fed forage produced from four African multi-purpose trees in combination with straw and the effects of poly-phenolics on noug cake and urea. Analyses content of nitrogen, neutral detergent fibre, acid detergent fibre...
Reed, J.D.
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Soller, H.
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Woodward, A.
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[Fodder tree and straw diets for sheep: Intake, growth, digestibility and the effects of phenolics on nitrogen utilisation]
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Fodder tree and straw diets for sheep: Intake, growth, digestibility and the effects of phenolics on nitrogen utilisation