Selecting Sorghum Forages for Limited and Full Irrigation and Rainfed Conditions in Semiarid, Subtropical Environments

Lauriault, Leonard M.; Marsalis, Mark A.; VanLeeuwen, Dawn

doi:10.1094/fg-2011-0819-03-rs

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“…1). Lauriault et al (9) suggested that late season moisture deficits likely have a greater negative impact on sorghum forage yield than any positive impact of adequate moisture earlier in the season in one‐ and two‐cut systems. In the present study, however, there appeared to also be a positive impact when seedling zone moisture was adequate at planting time (1).…”

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“…Because of the decline in available water for irrigation in these regions, producers must adapt their cropping practices (1), and sorghum forage producers often must resort to single‐cut systems without irrigation as their only feasible option (9,10). Lauriault et al (9), in the Southern High Plains of eastern New Mexico, compared performance of FS, SS, and PS hybrids in years of plentiful irrigation, limited irrigation, and no irrigation. They (9) concluded that in a single‐cut system without irrigation, SS yields were significantly reduced compared to PS and tended to be lower than FS.…”

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“…Lauriault et al (9), in the Southern High Plains of eastern New Mexico, compared performance of FS, SS, and PS hybrids in years of plentiful irrigation, limited irrigation, and no irrigation. They (9) concluded that in a single‐cut system without irrigation, SS yields were significantly reduced compared to PS and tended to be lower than FS. This was likely due to the nature of FS hybrids being more suited to single‐cut systems and the continued vegetative growth of PS hybrids until the end of September compared to the earlier maturity and multiple‐cut nature of conventional SS hybrids (9).…”

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“…They (9) concluded that in a single‐cut system without irrigation, SS yields were significantly reduced compared to PS and tended to be lower than FS. This was likely due to the nature of FS hybrids being more suited to single‐cut systems and the continued vegetative growth of PS hybrids until the end of September compared to the earlier maturity and multiple‐cut nature of conventional SS hybrids (9). High late‐season precipitation also positively affected yields in that study, further suggesting that in single‐cut rainfed systems in semiarid regions, FS hybrids, and even more so PS hybrids, can take advantage of late season precipitation more effectively than conventional SS hybrids, which tend to be much earlier maturing (9).…”

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Planting Date Affects Rainfed Sorghum Forage Yields in Semiarid, Subtropical Environments

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2012

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Increasingly, sorghum [Sorghum bicolor L. (Moench)] forage producers in semiarid regions must maximize yield under rainfed conditions. Dry matter hay yields of a brown midrib (BMR) photoperiod‐sensitive sorghum‐sudangrass (Sorghum bicolor var. Sudanese) hybrid (PS) and a BMR forage sorghum (FS) were compared in four randomized complete blocks over four planting dates each in 2004 and 2005 in a one‐cut system without irrigation at New Mexico State University's Agricultural Science Center at Tucumcari. On average, PS outyielded FS (1.38 vs. 0.99 tons/acre, respectively, P < 0.01) and sorghum forages planted in May or early June outyielded sorghum forages planted in late June or July (1.66, 1.45, 0.93, and 0.70 tons/acre for sorghum forages planted approximately 19 May, 9 June, 30 June, and 21 July, respectively, P < 0.05). The year × planting date × sorghum forage type (FS or PS) interaction also was significant, likely because the positive effect of differences in precipitation distribution on yield of PS. While yields of FS and PS were similar when planting took place in a dry seedbed in 2004, PS had greater yields than FS when planted before the end of June in moist soil in 2005. Late‐season precipitation may impact yield of sorghum forages planted after mid June.

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Planting Date Affects Rainfed Sorghum Forage Yields in Semiarid, Subtropical Environments

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2012

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“…Interest in teff as hay for horses also has grown in the southwestern USA where the predominant warm‐season annual forages are sorghums [ Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench and S. bicolor var. Sudanese ] (5,12,13), which are not suitable for horses (13) and can pose problems for cattle (3,13).…”

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Irrigation and Nitrogen Treatments Slightly Affected Teff Yield and Quality in the Southwestern USA

Lauriault

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Turner

2013

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Interest exists in using teff [Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) Trotter] for horse hay in the southwestern USA. Randomized complete block studies in 2007 and 2008 at New Mexico State University's Agricultural Science Center at Tucumcari compared teff forage yield and quality when all or alternate furrows were irrigated (full or limited irrigation, respectively) after the first harvest, with nitrogen treatments [60 or 90 lb N/acre preplant (Single60 and Single90, respectively) and 30 lb N/acre preplant and after the first two harvests (Split30)]. Neither irrigation nor nitrogen treatment affected yield (2.75 vs. 2.60 tons/acre for full and limited irrigation, respectively). Split30 had greater forage crude protein (P < 0.05) compared to Single60 (14.05b, 15.67ab, and 16.61a% crude protein for Single60, Single90, and Split30, respectively). Teff nonfiber carbohydrates (NFC) were higher than reported elsewhere with Single60 being lower than Single90 and Split30 (17.65b, 19.56a, and 18.82a% for Single60, Single90, and Split30, respectively). Teff yield and quality may be optimized with a preplant application of 90 lb N/acre and approximately half the irrigation typically applied to alfalfa in the southwestern USA. Due to inconsistencies among studies, teff NFC should be analyzed before feeding to obese horses or those with metabolic disorders.

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Forage Mass, Nutritive Value, and In situ Degradation of Sorghum Silage Treated with Fibrolytic Enzymes

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Crop Forage & Turfgrass Mgmt

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Core Ideas Xylanase and cellulase treatment of sorghum silage did not affect sorghum silage nutritive value. The brown midrib trait and harvest timing have more influence on silage quality than fibrolytic enzymes. Sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench.] and sorghum‐sudangrass (S. bicolor × S. bicolor drummondii) silage utilization in cattle diets has increased in recent years. The objectives of this study were to compare the forage mass and nutritive value of photoperiod‐sensitive (PS) sorghum and hybrid sister lines with or without the BMR trait, and determine if fibrolytic enzymes would improve the rate and extent of in situ disappearance of PS forage sorghum (FS) and PS sorghum‐sudagrass (SS) silage varieties with or without the brown midrib (BMR) trait (i.e., FS‐PS, FS‐PS/BMR, SS‐PS, and SS‐PS/BMR). This experiment was a 2 × 2 × 2 factorial arrangement whereby the crop was grown, chopped, and ensiled and inoculated with or without (control) the enzyme mixture. Yield was at least 1.6 ton/acre and nutritive value similar to that of similar cultivars. Mini‐silo buckets were sealed for 150 days, and dried silage material weighed into duplicate Dacron bags for in situ incubation for 0, 4, 8, 16, 24, 48, or 72 h in three ruminally cannulated Angus steers (679 ± 52.9 lb body weight [BW]) to determine rate and extent of dry‐matter (DM) disappearance. The addition of fibrolytic enzymes had little effect on the nutritive value of ensiled forage. Non‐BMR silage had a greater potentially degradable fraction; however, BMR varieties had a greater wash loss and extent of digestion. Based on our results, selecting a sorghum variety with the BMR trait may be more important than using a fibrolytic enzyme to improve silage degradation characteristics.

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Selecting Sorghum Forages for Limited and Full Irrigation and Rainfed Conditions in Semiarid, Subtropical Environments

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References 11 publications

Planting Date Affects Rainfed Sorghum Forage Yields in Semiarid, Subtropical Environments

Planting Date Affects Rainfed Sorghum Forage Yields in Semiarid, Subtropical Environments

Irrigation and Nitrogen Treatments Slightly Affected Teff Yield and Quality in the Southwestern USA

Forage Mass, Nutritive Value, and In situ Degradation of Sorghum Silage Treated with Fibrolytic Enzymes

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