in situ fodder production of perennial teosinte zea diploperennis iltis, Doebley & Guzmán
Jiménez GRG, García ME, Peña OB. Téc Pecu Méx 2001,39(2):153-161. Forage availability during the dry season is one of the limiting factors for livestock production in Jalisco and Colima states. The objectives of the study were to determine the potential of productivity and quality of perennial teosinte (Zea diploperennis Iltis, Doebley y Guzman). Thirty xperimental units of 1 m2 were randomly selected in Las Joyas Experimental Station at the "Biósfera Sierra de anantlán" Reserve in the Jalisco-Colima border in west Mexico. Six harvest dates from the beginning to the end of the growing season were evaluated. A completely random experimental design was used with five replications. Total yield of teosinte and associated species were measured. Teosinte shoot number and forage quality were also evaluated from a sample of the first harvest at each treatment. Treatment 5 (first harvest on October 17) showed the highest forage dry matter yield with 7.56 t ha- 1 and 0.92 t ha-1 for teosinte and associated species, respectively. No significant differences were found for teosinte shoot number. Protein content for teosinte decreased from 21.0 % in May to 6.0% in November. Teosinte may be a good source of forage for livestock production. More research is needed to determine the teosinte potential, for forage production under natural and more intensive management conditions.
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Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias
2012
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| Online Access: | https://cienciaspecuarias.inifap.gob.mx/index.php/Pecuarias/article/view/1327 |
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| Summary: | Jiménez GRG, García ME, Peña OB. Téc Pecu Méx 2001,39(2):153-161. Forage availability during the dry season is one of the limiting factors for livestock production in Jalisco and Colima states. The objectives of the study were to determine the potential of productivity and quality of perennial teosinte (Zea diploperennis Iltis, Doebley y Guzman). Thirty xperimental units of 1 m2 were randomly selected in Las Joyas Experimental Station at the "Biósfera Sierra de anantlán" Reserve in the Jalisco-Colima border in west Mexico. Six harvest dates from the beginning to the end of the growing season were evaluated. A completely random experimental design was used with five replications. Total yield of teosinte and associated species were measured. Teosinte shoot number and forage quality were also evaluated from a sample of the first harvest at each treatment. Treatment 5 (first harvest on October 17) showed the highest forage dry matter yield with 7.56 t ha- 1 and 0.92 t ha-1 for teosinte and associated species, respectively. No significant differences were found for teosinte shoot number. Protein content for teosinte decreased from 21.0 % in May to 6.0% in November. Teosinte may be a good source of forage for livestock production. More research is needed to determine the teosinte potential, for forage production under natural and more intensive management conditions. |
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