Herbage accumulation and nutritive value of mixtures of deshograss and Vicia spp. in southern Ethiopia

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cg.authorship.typesNot CGIAR developing country instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationSouthern Agricultural Research Institute, Ethiopiaen
cg.contributor.affiliationHawassa Universityen
cg.contributor.affiliationEthiopian Institute of Agricultural Researchen
cg.contributor.donorUnited States Agency for International Developmenten
cg.contributor.donorBill & Melinda Gates Foundationen
cg.coverage.countryEthiopia
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ET
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.20891en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn1435-0645en
cg.issue1en
cg.journalAgronomy Journalen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.ilriANIMAL FEEDINGen
cg.subject.ilriCROP-LIVESTOCKen
cg.subject.ilriCROPSen
cg.subject.ilriFORAGESen
cg.subject.ilriLIVESTOCKen
cg.volume114en
dc.contributor.authorAbera, M.en
dc.contributor.authorTolera, Adugnaen
dc.contributor.authorNurfeta, A.en
dc.contributor.authorGeleti, D.en
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-22T09:54:57Zen
dc.date.available2022-02-22T09:54:57Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/118209
dc.titleHerbage accumulation and nutritive value of mixtures of deshograss and Vicia spp. in southern Ethiopiaen
dcterms.abstractGrass and legume mixtures work well, but there are no data on the mixed planting of desho grass (Pennisetum glaucifolium) and Vicia species. A study was conducted to investigate whether forage dry matter yield (DMY) and quality can be improved by growing Vicia species in mixtures with desho grass. The experimental layout followed a randomized complete block design with four replications, where the treatments consisted of pure stands of three Vicia species Vicia dasycarpa, V. villosa, and V. sativa, desho grass and mixture of desho grass and each of the Vicia species. The results showed a positive effect of intercropping leading to greater herbage accumulation than expected from grass species sown in sole cropping. Growing Vicia species with desho grass resulted in higher yields and higher land equivalent ratio (LER), as well as increased crude protein (CP) content and digestibility compared to pure stand desho grass. Intercropping smooth vetch, hairy vetch, and common vetch gave 63, 67, and 48% more forage DMY than the pure stand desho grass, respectively. When desho grass was intercropped with Vicia species LER was greater by 9, 55, and 58% for common vetch, smooth vetch, and hairy vetch, respectively, over pure stand desho grass. Therefore, it can be concluded that growing a mixture of Vicia species with desho grass is a suitable practice to improve forage DM production and quality, and farmers can use land more efficiently by growing Vicia species with desho grass.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2021-11-08en
dcterms.bibliographicCitationAbera, M., Tolera, A., Nurfeta, A. and Geleti, D. 2021. Herbage accumulation and nutritive value of mixtures of deshograss and Vicia spp. in southern Ethiopia. Agronomy Journalen
dcterms.extentpp. 165-172en
dcterms.issued2022-01en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherWileyen
dcterms.subjectherbage cropsen
dcterms.subjectpennisetum pedicellatumen
dcterms.subjectgrassesen
dcterms.subjectanimal feedingen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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