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Climate‐Smart Dairy Practices: The Role of Practice Clusters in Enhancing the Performance of Dairy Farms in Kenya

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Climate variability is affecting the productivity, profitability, and resilience of smallholder dairy producers in developing countries. The adoption of climate‐smart (CS) dairy practices has been promoted to mitigate these negative effects. However, while interest in dairy CS practices is growing, empirical evidence on their adoption patterns
Mercy Mburu, Amin Mugera, John Mburu, Rose Nyikal, Oghaiki Asaah Ndambi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Relationship between nutritional composition and fibre digestibility in tropical forages compared to temperate forages

Italian Journal of Animal Science
The study aimed to analyse variability in nutrient concentration and fibre digestibility in forage legumes and grasses from tropical and temperate regions and identify forage species with similar fibre concentration and digestibility.
Risma Rizkia Nurdianti, Uta Dickhoefer, Joaquín Miguel Castro-Montoya   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Do Foliar Fertilizers Promote Increased Productivity of Tropical Grasses?

Agrochemicals
Foliar fertilizers are low-cost agrochemicals used in pastures, and further research is needed regarding their impact on tropical grasses. Therefore, the objective of this research was to evaluate the effects of foliar fertilization on the development of
Anna B. O. Moura, Gustavo B. A. Silva, Anna C. C. Paimel, Eildson S. O. Silva, Lucas G. Mota, Camila F. D. Duarte, Carla H. A. Cabral, Carlos E. A. Cabral   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Morphological characteristics, nutritive quality, and methane production of tropical grasses in Brazil

, 2018
The objective of this work was to evaluate three tropical forage species for their in vitro methane (CH4) production and organic matter degradability, in order to determine the relationships between forage grass nutritive quality and CH4 production ...
D. M. Lima, A. L. A. Filho, P. Lima, Gabriel Z. Sakita, T. P. Silva, C. McManus, A. Abdalla, H. Louvandini   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Drivers of insect herbivory resistance and tolerance to plant damage in the Brachypodium distachyon species complex

American Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise Insect herbivory is a major biotic factor shaping plant populations and driving the evolution of defensive traits. Polyploidy (whole‐genome duplication) often induces substantial phenotypic and genotypic changes that may affect species interactions, including herbivory.
Antonio J. Manzaneda, Luisa M. Martínez, Ana Fernández‐Ocaña, Teresa Salido, Pedro J. Rey   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Shaped by context: Evolutionary trajectories of desiccation tolerance in land plants

American Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Abstract Desiccation tolerance (DT), the ability to survive near‐complete cellular dehydration, is widespread in diaspores but rare in the vegetative tissues of land plants. The patchy and punctuated phylogenetic distribution of vegetative desiccation tolerance (VDT) suggests that the trait is both ancient and recurrent, yet the evolutionary ...
Rose A. Marks, R. Shawn Abrahams, Jenna T. B. Ekwealor   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparative Evaluation of the Growth Performance and Feed Intake of Weaned Rabbits Fed Tropical Grasses and Selected Forage Leaves

, 2016
Twenty weaned chinchilla rabbits of mixed sexes aged between 8 to 9 weeks were randomly allotted to five different dietary treatments with four rabbits per treatment. Each rabbit was used as a replicate.
Amata. I.A, E. Okorodudu
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Assessing the viability of genebanked seeds from rare, wild plants native to the United States using the D.E.A.D. paradigm

Applications in Plant Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise Genebanks must maintain viable seeds for decades. Seeds that germinate are clearly alive, but some seeds, often from wild populations, do not germinate because they are dormant, empty, aged, or damaged (D.E.A.D.). This work evaluates the effects of D.E.A.D.
Christina Walters, Lisa M. Hill, Katherine D. Heineman, Hannah M. Tetreault, Shaimaa Ibrahim, Katherine Markstein, Cheryl Birker, Kris Freitag, Dustin Wolkis, Michael Kunz, Sheila Murray, Nathaniel Kingsley, Alexandra Seglias, Nicholas Matsumoto, Thomas N. Kaye, Cheryl Peterson, Matthew A. Albrecht, Noah Dell, Stacy Anderson, Steve Blackwell, David Remucal, Wendy Gibble, Anita Tiller, Emily Coffey, Jason Ligon, Laurie Blackmore, Carrie Radcliffe, Heather E. Schneider, Kristen Nelson, David Sollenberger, Jessamine Finch, Kate Wellspring, Robert Jetton, Joyce Maschinski   +33 more
wiley   +1 more source

Species and Harvest Time of Fresh Tropical Grasses Affect Rumen Fermentation as Determined by In Sacco and In Vitro Incubations

Fermentation
The consumption of forages high in slow-degradable carbohydrates by dairy cattle leads to greater ruminal acetate production, which benefits milk fat content.
Huyen Thi Duong Nguyen, Jill Derix, Wouter Hendrikus Hendriks, Jan Thomas Schonewille, Trach Xuan Nguyen, Wilbert Frans Pellikaan   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ability to recover overrides the negative effects of flooding on growth of tropical grasses Chloris gayana and Panicum coloratum

Crop and Pasture Science, 2015
. This study assessed the flooding tolerance of the tropical grasses Chloris gayana Kunth and Panicum coloratum L. at different times of the year: (i) late winter flooding for 50 days (WF), (ii) early spring flooding (SF) for 20 days, and (iii) long ...
J. A. Imaz, D. Giménez, A. Grimoldi, G. Striker   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source