The effect of five multipurpose trees (MPTs), Acacia angustissima, Acacia saligna, Chamae-cytisus palmensis, Leucaena pallida and Sesbania sesban on ciliate protozoa was investigated in rumen cannulated Ethiopian sheeBoth entodiniomorphs and holotrichs were counted. The protozoa counts from S. se...
Odenyo, A.A.
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Osuji, P.O.
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Karanfil, O.
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[Effect of multipurpose tree (MPT) supplements on ruminal ciliate protozoa]
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Effect of multipurpose tree (MPT) supplements on ruminal ciliate protozoa
The detection of the root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne javanica, as a pathogen of Desmodium spp. in Colombia, is the first reported case in South Aemerica. In the field, promising pasture legumes D. gyroides, D. heterocarpon and D. ovalifolium were severely damaged, while adjacent stands of Centros...
Lenne, J.M.
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[Reaction of Desmodium species and other tropical pasture legumes to the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne javanica]
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Reaction of Desmodium species and other tropical pasture legumes to the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne javanica
In recent years, increasing numbers of pathogens and pests have been reported from major centres of tropical pasture research. Damage is often severe and controls are needed. Diseases and pests may be controlled chemically, biologically, culturally and genetically. In pasture plants genetical res...
Lenne, J.M.
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Turner, J.W.
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Cameron, DF
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[Resistance to diseases and pests of tropical pasture plants]
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Resistance to diseases and pests of tropical pasture plants
The research was conducted at the International Livestock Research Institute's Debre Zeit Research Station in Ethiopia. Leucaena pallida 14203, Sesbania sesban 1198 and Lablab purpureus were grown, harvested and dried at the research station. Seventy individually penned Menz ewes with a mean ini...
Melaku, S.
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Peters, Kurt J.
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Tegegne, Azage
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[Feed intake, live weight gain and reproductive performance of Menz ewes supplemented with Lablab purpureus, graded levels of Leucaena pallida 14203 and Sesbania sesban 1198]
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Feed intake, live weight gain and reproductive performance of Menz ewes supplemented with Lablab purpureus, graded levels of Leucaena pallida 14203 and Sesbania sesban 1198
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