Six-week-old wheat seedlings (Triticum aestivum) grown in pots with an alfisol soil with vertic properties and mulched at a rate equivalent to 10 t ha-1 with leaf prunings of Grevillea robusta, Erythrina abyssinica. Gliricidia sepium, Albizia schimperiana, Acacia nilotica, Acacia polyacantha, Leu...
Anthofer, J.
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Hanson, Jean
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Jutzi, S.C.
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[Plant nutrient supply from nine agroforestry tree species to wheat (Triticum aestivum) analysed by vector diagnosis]
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Plant nutrient supply from nine agroforestry tree species to wheat (Triticum aestivum) analysed by vector diagnosis
A digestibility trial was conducted with the objectives to evaluate the effects of supplementing single or mixtures of selected MPTs or wheat bran on feed intake, digestibility, and passage rate in Menz sheep offered a basal feed of tef (Eragrostis tef) straw. The study was conducted using 36 mal...
Melaku, S.
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Peters, Kurt J.
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Tegegne, Azage
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[Intake, digestibility and passage rate in Menz sheep fed tef (Eragrostis tef) straw supplemented with dried leaves of selected multipurpose trees, their mixtures or wheat bran]
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Intake, digestibility and passage rate in Menz sheep fed tef (Eragrostis tef) straw supplemented with dried leaves of selected multipurpose trees, their mixtures or wheat bran
Tannins limit the use of fodder trees as feed for ruminants. Removal of the effects of tannins would thus improve the nutritional quality of these trees. This prompted the study to evaluate the effect of rumen or faecal mixed cultures from different animals on tannin degradation. Tannin extracts,...
Ephraim, E.
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Odenyo, A.A.
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Ashenafi, M.
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[Screening for tannin degradation by rumen and faecal samples of wild and domestic animals in Ethiopia]
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Screening for tannin degradation by rumen and faecal samples of wild and domestic animals in Ethiopia
We established hedges/barriers of calliandra (Calliandra calothyrsus Meissner), leucaena (Leucaena trichandra (Zucc.) Urban)) and napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum chumach) and combination hedges of either calliandra or leucaena with napier grass on slopes exceeding 5% to study the effect of veg...
Mutegi, J.K.
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Mugendi, D.N.
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Verchot, Louis V.
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Kung'u, J.B.
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[Combining napier grass with leguminous shrubs in contour hedgerows controls soil erosion without competing with crops]
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Combining napier grass with leguminous shrubs in contour hedgerows controls soil erosion without competing with crops
The genus Leucaena is one of the most important sources of multipurpose trees and shrubs for use in farming systems in the African tropics and subtropics. In previous studies, Kashsay and Tothill (1995) identified the superior performance of Leucaena pallida and L. diversifolia as highly producti...
Berhe, Kahsay
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Tothill, J.C.
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Hanson, Jean
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[Biomass production and psyllid resistance of Leucaena species grown as hedgerows on an upland Alfisol at Debre Zeit in the Ethiopian highlands]
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Biomass production and psyllid resistance of Leucaena species grown as hedgerows on an upland Alfisol at Debre Zeit in the Ethiopian highlands
The long term effect of supplementation of Leucaena pallida and Sesbania sesban on growth and reproduction performance was determined on 30 male Ethiopian highland sheep and 25 East African goats. Unchopped teff straw (Eragrostis tef) was given ad libitum and supplemented withe ither wheat bran (...
Kaitho, R.J.
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Tegegne, Azage
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Umunna, N.N.
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Nsahlai, I.V.
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Tamminga, S.
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Bruchem, J. van
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Arts, J.M.
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[Effect of leucaena and sesbania supplementation on body growth and scrotal circumference of Ethiopian highland sheep and goats fed teff straw basal diet]
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Effect of leucaena and sesbania supplementation on body growth and scrotal circumference of Ethiopian highland sheep and goats fed teff straw basal diet
Details the voluntary food intake, live-weight change and lactation performance of 36 crossbred Ayrshire/Brown Swiss X Sahiwal cows fed from the 3rd week of lactation for 14 weeks on diets of napier fodder offered ad libitum and supplemented w. fresh leucaena fodder. Average daily milk yield duri...
Muinga, R.W.
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Thorpe, W.R.
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Topps, J.H.
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[Voluntary food intake, live-weight change and lactation performance of crossbred dairy cows given ad libitum Pennisetum purpureum (napier grass var. Bana) supplemented with leucaena forage in the lowland semi-humid tropics]
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Voluntary food intake, live-weight change and lactation performance of crossbred dairy cows given ad libitum Pennisetum purpureum (napier grass var. Bana) supplemented with leucaena forage in the lowland semi-humid tropics
Hutton, E.M.
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[Interrelation of Ca and Al in adaptation of Leucaena to very acid soils]
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Interrelation of Ca and Al in adaptation of Leucaena to very acid soils
Hutton, E.M.
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Tabares Z., Eddie
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[Leucaena esculenta and L. trichodes: Some similarities and differences]
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Leucaena esculenta and L. trichodes: Some similarities and differences