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Effect of field storage on quantity and quality of sorghum(sorghum bicolor moech) stover and lablab (lablab purpureus [L] sweet) haulm

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 November 2017

Aichi J Kitalyi ,
E Owen  and
L A Mtenga
Aichi J Kitalyi
Affiliation:
Zonal Research and Training Centre, PO Box 202, Mpwapwa, Tanzania
E Owen
Affiliation:
University of Reading, Earley Gate, PO Box 236, Reading RG6 2AT
L A Mtenga
Affiliation:
Sokoine University of Agriculture, PO Box 3004, Morogoro, Tanzania
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In situ grazing is the most common method of feeding crop residues in semi-arid tropical Africa. The prevailing method of storing is to leave the crop residues standing in the field until grazing. Although such field storage would be expected to result in reduced nutritive value (eg loss of leaf), costs of residue harvesting (eg baling) and storing using conventional forage conservation methods would probably be prohibitive to small-scale farmers (Mlay, 1987).

There is a dearth of information on quantitative and qualitative changes in crop residues left standing in fields after grain harvesting. A study was therefore carried out at Mpwapwa, Tanzania to measure the effects of varying the duration of field storage upon the quantity and quality of sorghum stover and lablab bean haulm.

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Tropical Forages
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) , Volume 1993: Winter meeting , March 1993 , pp. 199
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1993

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