EVALUATION OF IN VITRO FERMETATION PATTERNS AND METHANE PRODUCTION OF MESQUITE PODS (Prosopis spp.)
Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems, 2022 Background. Mesquite is a shrubby legume that dominates the vegetation of arid regions with multiple benefits in controlling erosive process, improving micrometeorology, and as feed source for livestock species.
Oscar Enrique Del Razo Rodríguez +6 more
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The Use of Removed Mesquite Brush as a Fiber Replacement in Silage Production
Animals, 2022 Mesquite (Prosopis L.) is considered an invasive browse species in most of the American Southwest. Mechanical intervention removes yields an excess of organic debris.
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Biomass estimation equations for mesquite trees in the Americas [PDF]
PeerJ, 2019 Mesquite trees are the preferred dendroenergy sources in arid and semi-arid forests. In spite of their relative importance, regional aboveground biomass (AGB) equations for mesquite trees are scarce in the scientific literature. For that reason, the aims
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Effects of Pellet and Mash Diets of Mesquite Fruit (Prosopis juliflora) on Performance, Energy and Protein Efficiency Ratio and Intestinal Morphology of Broiler Chickens [PDF]
Poultry Science Journal, 2020 The primary aim of this study was to assay the influence of pellet and mash diets supplemented with different levels of mesquite fruit on performance, energy and protein efficiency ratio, carcass characteristics, and intestinal morphology of broiler ...
E Mohammadi Kootiyani +3 more
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Mesquite bugs, other insects, and a bat in the diet of pallid bats in southeastern Arizona [PDF]
PeerJ, 2018 The pallid bat (Antrozous pallidus) is a species of western North America, inhabiting ecoregions ranging from desert to oak and pine forest. They are primarily insectivorous predators on large arthropods that occasionally take small vertebrate prey, and ...
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Quantification of the Effects of the Invasion of Mesquite (Prosopis Juliflora) on Native Vegetation in Southern Iran [PDF]
محیط زیست و توسعه فرابخشی, 2022 One of the most important invasive plant species in Iran is the American mesquite tree (Prosopis juliflora) which has taken the control of a large area of south and southeast Iran.
Fatemeh Izadi +2 more
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Bioherbicidal Assessment of Aqueous Extracts of Mesquite (Prosopis juliflora) on Weeds Control and Growth, Yield and Quality of Wheat [PDF]
Planta Daninha, 2018 : Two-year field experiments were conducted to investigate the phytotoxicity of mesquite (Prosopis juliflora) on weed control and yield of wheat in 2013-14 and 2014-15.
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Interactive Effects of Black-Tailed Prairie Dogs and Cattle on Shrub Encroachment in a Desert Grassland Ecosystem. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 The widespread encroachment of woody plants throughout the semi-arid grasslands in North America has largely resulted from overgrazing by domestic livestock, fire suppression, and loss of native large and small mammalian herbivores. Burrowing-herbivorous
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International Journal of Food Science, 2022 Vulnerable populations in developing countries need new protein sources, such as protein concentrates from accessible sources at low economic costs. The main objective of this study was at evaluating the nutritional quality of the protein concentrate of ...
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Foods, 2018 Mesquite (Prosopis laevigata) is a legume tree widely distributed in Aridoamerica. The mature fruit of this legume is a pod, which is currently underutilized and has high nutritional potential.
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