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An experiment was conducted to determine the biomass yield, chemical composition and in-sacco dry matter (DM) degradability of 10 cultivars (WRF-7, TSN-111, TYT-03, TYT-05, TYT-06, TYT-08, TYT-12, ITYN-10, ITYN-14 and ITYN-15) of triticale fodder. The fresh yield of different cultivars of triticale was ranged from 5.03 to 6.85 (t/ha). The organic matter (OM), crude protein (CP), acid detergent fibre (ADF), neutral detergent fibre (NDF), calcium (Ca) and phosphorus (P) contents of different cultivars of triticale were found 89.62 to 91.78 %, 21.34 to 25.99 %, 23.09 to 29.99 %, 46.77 to 50.80 %, 0.42 to 0.61 % and 0.33 to 0.41 %, respectively. The yield of DM and CP of different cultivars of triticale were varied from 0.77 to 1.44 (t/ha) and 0.193 to 0.351 (t/ha), respectively. Among different triticale cultivars the highest OM and CP contents were found in TYT-12 (91.78 %) and ITYN-10 (25.99 %), respectively. The highest NDF and ADF contents were found in ITYN-14 (50.80 %) and TYT-05 (29.99 %), respectively among different cultivars. The contents of Ca and P in ITYN-10 (0.61 %) and ITYN-14 (0.41 %), respectively were found to be the highest among the cultivars. Potential DM degradability observed in different cultivars of triticale was higher in ITYN-14 and TYT-05 (84.81 and 81.88 %, respectively) compared to others and relatively poor degradability was found in TSN-111 and TYT-03 (60.74 and 61.35 %, respectively). Therefore, it may be concluded that, the cultivar ITYN-10 will be the promising one due to comparatively higher fresh yield, organic matter (OM), crude protein (CP), neutral detergent fibre (NDF), calcium (Ca) and phosphorus (P) content and less acid detergent fibre (ADF) fraction cultivated for fodder production in Bangladesh.http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjas.v41i1.11972

Consumption of diversified pigmented whole grain maize is encouraged to combat hidden hunger. The present research was conducted to evaluate physico-functional and nutritional properties of pigmented and non-pigmented maize in Bangladesh. Results revealed that white maize had the highest brightness value while purple, and deep red maize showed the lowest brightness value. The lowest bulk density (0.565 ± 0.005 g/ml) and percentage change (15.05 ± 0.31%) in sedimentation was in purple maize flour. White maize flour showed the highest change (35.43 ± 0.59%) in sedimentation value. Red and purple maize contained the highest amount of ash (2.27 ± 0.059 and 2.27 ± 0.05%, respectively) and mixed maize contained the highest crude fibre (4.17 ± 0.049%). Purple, deep red, and mixed colored maize had the highest (72 to 73%) carbohydrate whereas indigenous deep red and mixed colored maize had the lowest (6%) protein content. All most all samples had similar Mg and S content. Purple, deep red and mixed maize were found to be promising for Ca. White maize had the highest amount (19.79 ± 0.1 mg/100 g) of Zn. Yellow maize showed to contain the highest amount (4.99 ± 0.37 mg/100 g) of Fe. Overall, whole grain pigmented and nonpigmented hybrid and indigenous maize were comparable for physico-functional and nutritional properties. Bangladesh J. Bot. 51(3): 589-596, 2022 (September)