EFFECT OF HARVEST STAGE ON FORAGE YIELD AND QUALITY OF WINTER CEREALS | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research | ||
| Article 10, Volume 74, Issue 3, September 1996, Pages 721-731 PDF (2.85 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejar.1996.429085 | ||
| Authors | ||
| ASHIQ HUSSAIN; DOST MOHAMMAD; SARTAJ KHAN; MOHAMMAD B. BHATTI; MOHAMMAD U. MUFTI | ||
| Fodder Programme, National Agricultural Research Centre, PO NIH, Islamabad 45 500 Pakistan. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Oat (Avena sativa L.), barley (Hordeum vulgare L) and wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Harvested at 9 stages of maturity (4-leaf repeatedly, clipping at tillering, jointing, boot, head emergence, 50% flowering, 100% flowering, early milk and early dough) were evaluated for fodder yield and quality at Islamabad during 1990-92. Oat harvested at head emergence stage, and barley and wheat at 100% flowering stage gave maximum green-fodder yields. In all crops the highest dry-matter yield was recorded at early dough stage. Crude protein content was maximum at 4-leaf cutting stage repeatedly, whereas minimum in early dough stage. Oat, barley and wheat harvested at boot stage provided a good compromise of green fodder and dry-matter yields and fodder quality. | ||
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