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Effects of Variety, Altitude, and Undersowing with Legumes on the Nutritive Value of Wheat Straw

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

Urs Schulthess ,
Abate Tedla ,
M. A. Mohamed-Saleem  and
Abdullah N. Said
Urs Schulthess*
Affiliation:
International Livestock Center for Africa (ILCA), PO Box 5689, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Abate Tedla
Affiliation:
International Livestock Center for Africa (ILCA), PO Box 5689, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
M. A. Mohamed-Saleem
Affiliation:
International Livestock Center for Africa (ILCA), PO Box 5689, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Abdullah N. Said
Affiliation:
International Livestock Center for Africa (ILCA), PO Box 5689, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
*
†Michigan State University, CSS Dept., East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA.
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Summary

Wheat was planted at different altitudes in the Ethiopian highlands. Increased altitude led to a lower neutral detergent fibre (NDF) content and a higher in vitro organic matter digestibility (IVOMD) of the leaf blades, leaf sheaths and stems. The varieties tested did not differ in NDF content, however, because of the improved NDF digestibility of all three straw fractions. The semi-dwarf varieties had a higher IVOMD than the standard tall wheats. The local durum wheat variety showed a much higher sodium content and a more favourable Na:K ratio. Undersowing with an equal mixture of Trifolium ruepellianum (Fres.) and Trifolium steudneri (Schwf.) led to a small reduction in straw yield but increased the crude protein content of the crop residues from 2.3 to 7.1% and the IVOMD from 44 to 51% as compared to the sole wheat stand.

Type
Research Article
Information
Experimental Agriculture , Volume 31 , Issue 2 , April 1995 , pp. 169 - 176
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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