Forage legumes for improved fallows in agropastoral systems of subhumid West Africa. I. Establishment, herbage yield and nutritive value of legumes as dry season forage

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cg.coverage.countryNigeria
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2NG
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africa
cg.creator.identifierMichael Peters: 0000-0003-4237-3916
cg.creator.identifierRainer Schultze-Kraft: 0000-0002-4563-0044
cg.creator.identifierShirley Tarawali: 0000-0001-9398-8780
cg.identifier.urlhttp://www.tropicalgrasslands.asn.au/Tropical%20Grasslands%20Journal%20archive/PDFs/Vol_33_1999/Vol_33_04_99_pp222_233.pdf
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.issn0049-4763
cg.journalTropical Grasslands
cg.reviewStatusPeer Review
cg.subject.ciatLIVESTOCK
cg.subject.ciatNUTRITION
cg.subject.ciatSOIL HEALTH
cg.subject.ciatTROPICAL FORAGES
cg.subject.ilriANIMAL FEEDING
cg.subject.ilriFORAGES
dc.contributor.authorMuhr, L
dc.contributor.authorTarawali, Shirley A.
dc.contributor.authorPeters, Michael
dc.contributor.authorSchultze-Kraft, Rainer
dc.date.accessioned2014-09-24T08:42:10Zen
dc.date.available2014-09-24T08:42:10Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/43466
dc.titleForage legumes for improved fallows in agropastoral systems of subhumid West Africa. I. Establishment, herbage yield and nutritive value of legumes as dry season forageen
dcterms.abstractA short-term improved fallow system based on forage legumes is suggested for crop-livestock farming systems in subhumid West Africa targeted to enhance soil fertility and dry season feed for cattle. At two sites, 13 legume species were compared with the natural fallow vegetation, the nutritive value of which typically fails to meet cattle requirements during the dry season. Establishment, dry matter yield and nutritive value of leguminous herbage in the year of establishment were evaluated as well as regeneration of legumes after a cropping phase. Only a few species yielded more dry season herbage than the natural fallow, but most had considerably higher nitrogen concentrations (0.6–2.4% of dry matter) and in sacco dry matter digestibility (19–65%) than the natural fallow vegetation with 0.7–1.0% N and 28–30% DMD. In the mid dry season, Stylosanthes guianensis, Centrosema pubescens and Aeschynomene histrix had the highest yields of 10 t/ha DM of standing herbage plus shed leaves at one of the sites. The same species also showed good self-regeneration after a maize crop but were surpassed by other species with respect to nitrogen concentration and digestibility. The observed properties of the forage legumes are discussed with respect to their relative importance for the targeted fallow system, and management alternatives are considered.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.issued1999
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.subjectanimal feedingen
dcterms.subjectfeed cropsen
dcterms.subjectfeed legumesen
dcterms.subjectfallowen
dcterms.subjectagropastoral systemsen
dcterms.subjectplant establishmenten
dcterms.subjectnutritive valueen
dcterms.subjectleguminosas forrajerasen
dcterms.subjectbarbechoen
dcterms.subjectsistemas agropascícolasen
dcterms.subjectestablecimiento de plantasen
dcterms.subjectvalor nutritivoen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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