Nutritive Value of Chicory and English Plantain Forage

Sanderson, Matt A.; Labreveux, María; Hall, M. H.; Elwinger, Gerald F.

doi:10.2135/cropsci2003.1797

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“…Thus differences in nutritional value may occur. Quality data has been reported for chicory in pure stands (Barry, 1998;Belesky et al, 2001;Grunes and Welch, 1989;Sanderson et al, 2003) but here we report for the first time the quality of chicory grown in field mixtures (Figs. 3-5), showing a clear time-dependency in nutrient content, in partly agreement with Belesky et al (2001).…”

Section: Herbage Nutritional Valuesmentioning

confidence: 73%

Productivity and quality, competition and facilitation of chicory in ryegrass/legume-based pastures under various nitrogen supply levels

Høgh‐Jensen¹,

Nielsen²,

Thamsborg

2006

European Journal of Agronomy

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Traditional perennial ryegrass-white clover mixtures have limitations in combined productivity and quality that herbs like chicory may alleviate. This study examined the consequences on productivity and quality of as well as competition and facilitation after introducing chicory into varies ryegrass-legume-based pastures in a field study over three consecutive growing seasons. A cultivar of chicory, suitable for grazing, in pure stand was found to out-yield a pure stand ryegrass in terms of dry matter and nitrogen (N) accumulation but was found to yield similar to mixtures of chicory and ryegrass. The inclusion of chicory, increased N accumulation per area unit irrespective of associated leguminous species but had no effect (P > 0.05) on the combined dry matter yield of these mixtures as compared to the chicory-ryegrass mixture. Chicory was not found to co-exist well with associated fodder legumes but it co-existed well with perennial ryegrass. Determined by a direct 15 N plant labelling technique, chicory transferred little N to associated legumes and under moderate soil N conditions it almost out-competed the white clover whereas lucerne was able to withstand the competition with birdsfoot trefoil as intermediate. Chicory and ryegrass did exchange N amounting to less than 5% of the receiver plants' N economy whereas the N transfer from the N-rich lucerne constituted 15% of the associated ryegrass' N economy but less (P < 0.05) of the chicory's N economy. These differences are ascribed to the species' root morphology and root zonation. Chicory accumulated large amounts of calcium, potassium, sodium and zinc but significant less of magnesium and manganese, irrespective of the N supply. In the case of sodium it was a short-term effect whereas calcium and possibly also sulphur, copper and zinc accumulation increased over time. It is concluded that chicory may improve the management of intensive dairy farms with a large N surplus because of the increase in productivity per unit area and N uptake efficiency and add significant improvements of the quality of the forage.

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Section: Herbage Nutritional Valuesmentioning

confidence: 73%

Productivity and quality, competition and facilitation of chicory in ryegrass/legume-based pastures under various nitrogen supply levels

Høgh‐Jensen¹,

Nielsen²,

Thamsborg

2006

European Journal of Agronomy

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“…It is for this reason that dairy cows are restricted to 4 or 5 kg herbs DM/day. Chicory and plantain are relatively higher in nutritive value (in UDP and MP) than perennial ryegrass and therefore could enhance the nutritional profile of mixed species pasture (Sanderson et al, 2003).…”

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“…These effects were believed to be related to the condensed tannin content of the forages. Chicory and plantain have also been shown to have a relatively high nutritive value and could enhance the nutritional profile of mixed species pastures (Sanderson et al, 2003). The objective of this study was to quantify the nutritive value of 6 grain crops and 4 herb species commonly fed to dairy cows on Australian farms as alternatives to the most commonly grown dairy pasture species, perennial ryegrass (Lolium perene).…”

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Nutritive value of forage species grown in the warm temperate climate of Australia for dairy cows: Herbs and grain crops

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“…In addition to grasses and legumes, multi-species grassland mixtures can comprise dicotyledonous non-leguminous plant species (i.e., herbs) that either grow naturally in grasslands (Foster 1988) or are added to temporary grassland mixtures (Smidt and Brimer 2005). A number of herbs have the potential to increase fodder quality in grasslands due to high mineral contents (Belesky et al 2001;Garcia-Ciudad et al 1997;Høgh-Jensen et al 2006;Pirhofer-Walzl et al 2011;Sanderson et al 2003) and high palatability (Søegaard et al 2008). Further, increasing plant diversity in grasslands was shown to improve productivity (Frankow-Lindberg et al 2009;Kirwan et al 2007;Picasso et al 2008;Tilman et al 1997), resilience to environmental stress (Sanderson et al 2005;Skinner 2008;Tilman and Downing 1994) and nutrient use (Tilman et al 2002).…”

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confidence: 99%

Nitrogen transfer from forage legumes to nine neighbouring plants in a multi-species grassland

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Legumes play a crucial role in nitrogen supply to grass-legume mixtures for ruminant fodder. To quantify N transfer from legumes to neighbouring plants in multi-species grasslands we established a grass-legume-herb mixture on a loamy-sandy site in Denmark. White clover (Trifolium repens L.), red clover (Trifolium pratense L.) and lucerne (Medicago sativa L.) were leaf-labelled with 15 N enriched urea during one growing season. N transfer to grasses (Lolium perenne L. and xfestulolium), white clover, red clover, lucerne, birdsfoot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus L.), chicory (Cichorium intybus L.), plantain (Plantago lanceolata L.), salad burnet (Sanguisorba minor L.) and caraway (Carum carvi L.) was assessed. Neighbouring plants contained greater amounts of N derived from white clover (4.8 gm ). Grasses having fibrous roots received greater amounts of N from legumes than dicotyledonous plants which generally have taproots. Slurry application mainly increased N transfer from legumes to grasses. During the growing season the three legumes transferred approximately 40 kg N ha -1 to neighbouring plants. Below-ground N transfer from legumes to neighbouring plants differed among nitrogen donors and nitrogen receivers and may depend on root characteristics and regrowth strategies of plant species in the multi-species grassland.

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Nutritive Value of Chicory and English Plantain Forage

Cited by 54 publications

References 29 publications

Productivity and quality, competition and facilitation of chicory in ryegrass/legume-based pastures under various nitrogen supply levels

Productivity and quality, competition and facilitation of chicory in ryegrass/legume-based pastures under various nitrogen supply levels

Nutritive value of forage species grown in the warm temperate climate of Australia for dairy cows: Herbs and grain crops

Nitrogen transfer from forage legumes to nine neighbouring plants in a multi-species grassland

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