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022 _a1572-9680 (Online)
022 _a0167-4366
024 8 _ahttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-013-9608-y
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041 _aeng
090 _aCIS-7571
100 1 _aOrtega-Vargas, E.
_99003
245 1 0 _aDate of pruning of Guazuma ulmifolia during the rainy season affects the availability, productivity and nutritional quality of forage during the dry season
260 _aDordrecht (Netherlands) :
_bSpringer,
_c2013.
500 _aPeer review
500 _aPeer-review: Yes - Open Access: Yes|http://science.thomsonreuters.com/cgi-bin/jrnlst/jlresults.cgi?PC=MASTER&ISSN=0167-4366
520 _aGuazuma ulmifolia was experimentally pruned to determine when pruning should begin during the rainy season in order to extend the production of green tree-forage during the dry season. Three prunings (P-1, P-2, and P-3) were performed (5 weeks apart) during the rainy season (August, September, and October) and four forage harvests (C-a, C-b, C-c, and C-d) (3 weeks apart) took place during the dry season (February, March, and April). Over 2 years, forage biomass production was evaluated as total biomass (g dry matter tree−1), biomass of the morphological components (leaves, stems, and dead matter), and nutritional quality (crude protein, fiber, lignin, and digestibility). Date of pruning affected the production of total biomass (P = 0.001) with the earliest pruning (P-1) yielding the greatest forage quantity, while stems (P = 0.022) and dead matter (P = 0.032) varied due to a year by pruning interaction. Total biomass, leaves, stems, and dead matter varied by the interaction between forage harvest and year for all four variables (P < 0.037). In both years, the largest forage harvest occurred in C-b (P < 0.05), leaf production was highest in C-a and C-b (P < 0.001), stem production was greatest in C-b (P = 0.013) and dead matter was highest in C-b and C-d (P = 0.002). Leaf crude protein ranged between 10 and 19 %, and the interaction of pruning by forage harvest by year was significant (P = 0.035). Digestibility, neutral and acid detergent fiber and lignin differed significantly because of the interaction between forage harvest and year (P < 0.005), with February showing the lowest values for fiber and the highest digestibility. The best time to prune G. ulmifolia is in August so that the young trees will produce more total biomass with a higher crude protein content. The most suitable moment for forage harvest is in February when the trees have more leaves with greater digestibility and less fiber.
536 _aGenetic Resources Program
546 _aText in English
594 _aINT3239
595 _aCSC
650 7 _aDry season
_2AGROVOC
_99010
650 1 0 _aForage harvest
650 1 0 _aForage quality
650 1 0 _aGuazuma ulmifolia
650 7 _aPruning
_2AGROVOC
_99008
650 1 0 _aRainy season
700 1 _aLopez-Ortiz, S.
_99007
700 1 _9907
_aBurgueño, J.
_gGenetic Resources Program
_8INT3239
700 1 _aCampbell, W.B.
_99005
700 1 _aJarillo-Rodriguez, J.
_99006
773 0 _tAgroforestry Systems
_gv. 87, no. 4, p. 917-927
_wG72561
_dDordrecht (Netherlands) : Springer, 2013.
_x0167-4366
856 4 _uhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12665/355
_yAccess only for CIMMYT Staff
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