Citation
Jusoh S., . and Alimon A. R., . and Kamiri M. S., . Agronomic properties dry matter production and nutritive quality of guinea grass (Megathrysus maximus) harvested at different cutting intervals. pp. 31-36. ISSN 1394-3227
Abstract
Response pattern of guinea grass to defoliation interval was assessed for about four months from July to October 2012 to investigate the morphological response in terms of agronomic properties dry matter production and nutritive value of guinea grass (Megathrysus maximus) towards cutting interval. A newly planted guinea grass plot was divided into sub-plots and subjected to three cutting intervals namely 3 4 or 5-week-intervals. The experimental design was RCBD with 3 treatments (cutting intervals) with 4 replicates in each treatment and assessed for agronomic properties DM production and nutritive quality of the harvested grass. There were significant differences (p0.05) in DM yield where 5-week interval was the highest crude protein was the highest at 3-week interval and similar trends with neutral detergent fibre acid detergent fibre and acid detergent lignin content of the grass. Guinea grass harvested at 5-week-interval appeared to have the highest DM yield with 1.32 of leaf to stem ratio.
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Abstract
Response pattern of guinea grass to defoliation interval was assessed for about four months from July to October 2012 to investigate the morphological response in terms of agronomic properties dry matter production and nutritive value of guinea grass (Megathrysus maximus) towards cutting interval. A newly planted guinea grass plot was divided into sub-plots and subjected to three cutting intervals namely 3 4 or 5-week-intervals. The experimental design was RCBD with 3 treatments (cutting intervals) with 4 replicates in each treatment and assessed for agronomic properties DM production and nutritive quality of the harvested grass. There were significant differences (p0.05) in DM yield where 5-week interval was the highest crude protein was the highest at 3-week interval and similar trends with neutral detergent fibre acid detergent fibre and acid detergent lignin content of the grass. Guinea grass harvested at 5-week-interval appeared to have the highest DM yield with 1.32 of leaf to stem ratio.
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| Item Type: | Article |
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| AGROVOC Term: | Agronomic characters |
| AGROVOC Term: | Dry matter content |
| AGROVOC Term: | Guinea grass |
| AGROVOC Term: | Cutting interval |
| AGROVOC Term: | Nutritive value |
| AGROVOC Term: | Yields |
| AGROVOC Term: | Crude protein |
| AGROVOC Term: | Ploughing |
| AGROVOC Term: | Disc harrows |
| AGROVOC Term: | Seedbeds |
| Geographical Term: | Malaysia |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Suzila Mohamad Kasim |
| Last Modified: | 26 Apr 2025 14:37 |
| URI: | http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/21332 |
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