Productivity and feed quality performance of Napier grass (Cenchrus purpureus) genotypes growing under different soil moisture levels

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationEmpresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuáriaen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.crpLivestocken_US
cg.contributor.donorRural Development Administration, Republic of Koreaen_US
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden_US
cg.contributor.donorFederal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germanyen_US
cg.contributor.initiativeLivestock and Climateen_US
cg.contributor.initiativeSustainable Animal Productivityen_US
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africaen_US
cg.creator.identifierChris Jones: 0000-0001-9096-9728en_US
cg.creator.identifierErmias Haile: 0000-0003-4391-6185en_US
cg.creator.identifierAbel Teshome Gari: 0000-0001-7137-5991en_US
cg.creator.identifierMeki Muktar: 0000-0003-4750-8031en_US
cg.creator.identifierAlemayehu Teressa Negawo: 0000-0001-8974-5321
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3390/plants11192549en_US
cg.isijournalISI Journalen_US
cg.issn2223-7747en_US
cg.issue19en_US
cg.journalPlantsen_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
cg.subject.actionAreaResilient Agrifood Systemsen_US
cg.subject.ilriFEEDSen_US
cg.subject.ilriFODDERen_US
cg.subject.ilriFORAGESen_US
cg.volume11en_US
dc.contributor.authorHabte, Ermiasen_US
dc.contributor.authorTeshome, Abelen_US
dc.contributor.authorMuktar, Meki S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorAssefa, Yilikalen_US
dc.contributor.authorNegawo, Alemayehu T.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMachado, J.C.en_US
dc.contributor.authorSilva Ledo, F.J. daen_US
dc.contributor.authorJones, Christopher S.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-18T05:48:49Zen_US
dc.date.available2022-10-18T05:48:49Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/125070en_US
dc.titleProductivity and feed quality performance of Napier grass (Cenchrus purpureus) genotypes growing under different soil moisture levelsen_US
dcterms.abstractIn the semi-arid and arid environments of Sub-Sharan Africa, forage availability throughout the year is insufficient and highly limited during the dry seasons due to limited precipitation. Thus, the identification of drought stress-tolerant forage cultivars is one of the main activities in forage development programs. In this study, Napier grass (Cenchrus purpureus), an important forage crop in Eastern and Central Africa that is broadly adapted to produce across tropical environments, was evaluated for its water use efficiency and production performance under field drought stress conditions. Eighty-four Napier grass genotypes were evaluated for their drought stress tolerance from 2018 to 2020 using agro-morphological and feed quality traits under two soil moisture stress regimes during the dry season, i.e., moderate (MWS) and severe (SWS) water stress conditions, and under rainfed conditions in the wet season (wet). Overall, the results indicated the existence of genotype variation for the traits studied. In general, the growth and productivity of the genotypes declined under SWS compared to MWS conditions. High biomass-yielding genotypes with enhanced WUE were consistently observed across harvests in each soil moisture stress regime. In addition, the top biomass-yielding genotypes produced the highest annual crude protein yield, indicating the possibility of developing high-feed-quality Napier grass genotypes for drought stress environments.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceScientistsen_US
dcterms.available2022-09-28en_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationHabte, E., Teshome, A., Muktar, M.S., Assefa, Y., Negawo, A., Machado, J.C., Ledo, F.J.d.S. and Jones, C.S. 2022. Productivity and feed quality performance of Napier grass (Cenchrus purpureus) genotypes growing under different soil moisture levels. Plants 11(19):2549.en_US
dcterms.issued2022-10-01en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0en_US
dcterms.publisherMDPIen_US
dcterms.subjectfeed qualityen_US
dcterms.subjectforage biomassen_US
dcterms.subjectpennisetum purpureumen_US
dcterms.subjectsoil water contenten_US
dcterms.subjectwater useen_US
dcterms.subjectforageen_US
dcterms.subjectecologyen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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