Pennisetums and Sorghums in an Integrated Feeding System in the Tropics

Hanna, W. W.; Torres-Cardona, S.

doi:10.1201/9781420038781.ch11

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“…Br.) are grown for grain and forage, and are broadly adapted to semiarid climates, being droughttolerant and requiring low inputs to maximize productivity [1,2,4]. They can be significant summer-period components of year-round forage systems for high-performing livestock, such as growing beef cattle [5,6], providing adequate nutritive value [7].…”

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“…Ward et al [8] described sorghum-sudangrass and pearl millet as late-summer forage crops because they can be grown later than maize (Zea mays L.), and do not interfere with winter forage and grain crops for double cropping. Both species respond to applied water and fertilizer [1,4,5], but forage production can still be influenced by the amount and distribution of precipitation [9]. The typical growth pattern of these two species can lead to an overabundance or shortage of forage at different times of the year [7].…”

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confidence: 99%

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A Comparison of Pearl Millet and Sorghum–Sudangrass Pastures during the Frost-Prone Autumn for Growing Beef Cattle in Semiarid Region

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Sorghum–sudangrass (Sorghum bicolor × S. sudanense (Piper) Stapf.) and pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.) provide adequate nutritive value for growing beef cattle; however, unlike pearl millet, sorghum–sudangrass produces hydrocyanic acid (which is toxic to livestock) when frosted. Forage yield, nutritive value, and weight gain of growing cattle grazing sorghum–sudangrass and pearl millet were compared during the frost-prone autumns of 2013 and 2014, at New Mexico State University’s Rex E. Kirksey Agricultural Science Center in Tucumcari, NM USA, in randomized complete block designs each year with two replicates. No differences existed between pearl millet and sorghum–sudangrass forage yield, although there was a year–forage interaction for fiber-based nutritive value components because of maturity differences across years between the forages when freeze-killed. Pearl millet allowed for extending grazing of available forage for an additional 14 and 24 d in 2013 and 2014, respectively, compared to sorghum–sudangrass during the frost-prone autumn periods. During that period, when sorghum forages produce potentially toxic levels of hydrocyanic acid, animals grazing pearl millet accumulated an additional average of 94.9 kg live-weight gain ha−1 (p < 0.001). These factors afford producers an opportunity to increase returns on the similar investments of establishing and managing warm-season annual forage crops each year, and allow more time to stockpile cool-season perennial and annual forages for winter and early spring grazing, or to reduce hay feeding.

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A Comparison of Pearl Millet and Sorghum–Sudangrass Pastures during the Frost-Prone Autumn for Growing Beef Cattle in Semiarid Region

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“…Pearl millet uses less water per unit quantity of forage production, tolerates heat and drought. Therefore, it is generally grown in areas where environmental conditions, especially rainfall, temperature and soil fertility are too harsh to grow other cereals (Hanna and Cardona, 2001;Khairwal et al, 2009). The dry fodder and straw of pearl millet is used to feed the livestock in marginal production environments, particularly during the dry season when green fodder is limited.…”

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Identification of promising sources for fodder traits in the world collection of pearl millet at the ICRISAT genebank

Upadhyaya

Reddy

Pattanashetti

et al. 2017

Plant Genet. Resour.

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A total of 326 pearl millet accessions selected for fodder traits from the world collection at ICRISAT genebank, India were evaluated in rainy, postrainy and summer seasons to identify promising sources for fodder yield. In rainy season, majority of accessions grew significantly tall, produced thick stems, long and broad leaves compared with postrainy and summer seasons. Total tillers per plant were significantly more in rainy and summer seasons than in postrainy season. Significant (P = 0.05) positive correlations were observed among all traits in all seasons except total tillers, which showed significant negative correlation with all other traits but for a few cases. Accessions of cluster 1 flowered early and produced more tillers per plant, while those of cluster 3 flowered late, grew tall, produced thick stems, more leaves per plant, which were long and broad. Promising sources identified include IP 11839 and IP 11840 for plant height and number of leaves per plant, IP 15710, IP 15735 and IP 15752 for stem thickness and leaf width, and IP 3628, IP 15285, IP 15288, IP 15302, IP 15342, IP 15351, IP 15290, IP 20347 and IP 20350 for total tillers per plant. Further testing of these sources of fodder traits at different locations will be very useful.

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“…Pearl millet tolerate stresses like drought, low fertility and high temperatures and is grown in areas where other cereal crops like maize cannot survive (Hanna and Cardona, 2001;Basavaraj et al, 2010). Therefore, value addition of pearl millet is very important to increase its production and utilisation.…”

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Utilisation of common grain crops in Zimbabwe

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iposha²,

Chagonda³

et al. 2013

Afr. J. Food Sci.

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Grain production in Zimbabwe is very important to food security of the country and therefore should be promoted. Potentially, knowledge on utilisation and value addition of grain crops can be viewed as strong strategies in promoting its production. Value addition results in various products from each grain crop and this may increase utilisation and profitability. In this review paper, an attempt is made to describe the utilisation and value addition of common grain crops to Zimbabwe which include maize, soybeans, wheat, sorghum, groundnuts, pearl millets, bambara nuts and cowpea.

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Pennisetums and Sorghums in an Integrated Feeding System in the Tropics

Cited by 7 publications

References 14 publications

A Comparison of Pearl Millet and Sorghum–Sudangrass Pastures during the Frost-Prone Autumn for Growing Beef Cattle in Semiarid Region

A Comparison of Pearl Millet and Sorghum–Sudangrass Pastures during the Frost-Prone Autumn for Growing Beef Cattle in Semiarid Region

Identification of promising sources for fodder traits in the world collection of pearl millet at the ICRISAT genebank

Utilisation of common grain crops in Zimbabwe

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