Effects of planting time and cultivar on dry matter yield and estimated total digestible nutrient content of forage rice in southwestern Japan

Comparison of Two High-Yielding Rice Varieties, Kita-aoba and Tachijobu, for Hokkaido, Northern Japan, and Effects of Swine Compost Application on the Growth and Grain Yield of Tachijobu

“…later heading date had more shoot dry matter than Kitaaoba at heading, as reported previously (Nakano et al 2008; Nakano and Morita 2009). However, spikelet number per area was smaller in Tachijobu than in Kita- Fig.…”

Fermentative quality of purple rice (Oryza sativa L.) silage and its effects on digestibility, ruminal fermentation and oxidative status markers in sheep: A preliminary study

“…This is because the cultivation of rice crops, rather than of corn and soybean crops, is suitable for the humid climates of East Asia, including Japan. A wide range of studies have been performed for rice breeding (Maeda et al 2003;Kato et al 2010), cultivation conditions (Islam et al 2004a;Nakano et al 2008Nakano et al , 2009), harvest and preparation (Cai et al 2003;Kawamoto et al 2007;Miyaji et al 2010), and feeding technology (Islam et al 2004b;Matsuyama et al 2005a,b) to develop and understand the utilization of rice crops from domestic paddy fields as ruminant feed. Actually, the production of rice crops and their feeding to ruminants have gradually been increasing in Japan in recent years (MAFF 2011).…”

Yielding Performance of “Kita-aoba”, High-yielding Rice Variety for Hokkaido Region, Northern Japan

“…Since grain yield is the product of shoot dry matter at maturity and harvest index, it is important to increase shoot dry matter for high grain yield. Although a long growth duration is an effective way to increase shoot dry matter (Nakano et al, 2008;Nakano and Morita, 2009), it is difficult to extend the growth duration of rice in Hokkaido due to the lower temperature compared with other regions in Japan. To find another means of increasing the grain yield in Hokkaido, we examined the biomass productivity of Kita-aoba in comparison with that of a common variety.…”