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Alfalfa and Linseed Oil in Diet for Fattening Rabbits: Performance, Meat Quality, and Nutritional Characteristics [PDF]
AnimalsThe research aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of adding linseed oil to an alfalfa-based diet for fattening rabbits. At 30 days, 360 hybrid rabbits were divided into three homogeneous groups and fed: Control feed composed of 15% wheat, 17% alfalfa hay,
Alessandro Dal Bosco +7 more
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Poljoprivreda, 2009 The academic textbook Alfalfa contains the following chapters: Review outline, Foreword, Origin and spread of alfalfa, Economic importance of alfalfa, Biological properties and breeding alfalfa, Morphological traits of alfalfa, Growth and development of ...
Mirko Stjepanović +5 more
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Stem Density, Productivity, and Weed Community Dynamics in Corn-Alfalfa Intercropping
Agronomy, 2021 Intercropping legumes with cereals for forage production is a practical multi-cropping technique to increase yield and improve land use efficiency. In a 3-year cropping sequence, alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) intercropped with corn (Zea mays L.) may ...
Swetabh Patel +4 more
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Agronomy, 2021 Intercropping of silage maize (Zea mays L.) and alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) is not a common practice because alfalfa generally reduces maize grain and biomass yield.
Marisol T. Berti +2 more
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Alfalfa Stem Cell Wall Digestibility: Current Knowledge and Future Research Directions
Agronomy, 2023 Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) is considered as the most important forage legume with high biomass yield and nutritional quality for ruminants. The alfalfa leaf cell walls are highly digestible, but stem cell walls of alfalfa are not readily digestible ...
Krishna B. Bhandari +2 more
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Journal of Animal Science and Technology, 2021 Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) is an important forage legume grown in Kansas, USA and its productivity with cool-season grasses however is unknown.
Iryna McDonald, Rudra Baral, Doohong Min
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Occurrence, Distribution, and Transmission of Alfalfa Viruses in China
Viruses, 2022 Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) is one of the most important quality forages worldwide and is cultivated throughout China. Alfalfa is susceptible to a variety of viral diseases during its growth, which has caused huge amounts of commercial losses.
Jin Li +8 more
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Evidence That 2n Eggs Explain Partial Hybrids between Medicago sativa and Medicago arborea
Plants, 2022 Selected genotypes of alfalfa (Medicago sativa) produce partial hybrids in sexual crosses with Medicago arborea, as reported in Plants (2013). The hybrids contain mostly alfalfa DNA and traits, but also contain DNA and traits from M. arborea.
Edwin Bingham, John Irwin
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Alfalfa Established Successfully in Intercropping with Corn in the Midwest US
Agronomy, 2021 Integrating alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) with corn (Zea mays L.) for grain will increase biodiversity, reduce the negative environmental impact of corn monoculture and increase farm profitability.
Marisol T. Berti +7 more
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Forage demand rises as supplies wane: Growers face critical juncture in desert forage production
California Agriculture, 1997 Forages dominate the low-desert agricultural landscape. Competition for water resources is intensifying in desert regions at the same time that demand for high-quality forage crops is increasing. California is a forage-deficit state and
Dan Putnam, Robert Kallenbach
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