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Faba Bean and Pea Can Provide Late-Fall Forage Grazing without Affecting Maize Yield the Following Season
- Source :
- Agronomy, Volume 10, Issue 1, Agronomy, Vol 10, Iss 1, p 80 (2020)
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020.
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Abstract
- Faba bean (Vicia faba Roth) and pea (Pisum sativum L.) are grown worldwide as protein sources for food and feed and can be used as cover crops after wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). However, faba bean is underutilized in upper Midwest farming systems. This study was conducted to determine how faba bean relates to pea as a forage, cover crop, and in cycling of nutrients to maize (Zea mays L.) in the following season. Five faba bean cultivars and two pea cultivars, a forage pea and a field pea, were established after wheat harvest in North Dakota, in 2017 and 2018. Faba bean and pea cultivars averaged 1.3 Mg ha&minus<br />1 of biomass, enough to support 1.5 animal unit month (AUM) ha&minus<br />1 for a 450 kg cow (Bos taurus L.) with calf, at 50% harvest efficiency. Crude protein content was highest in faba bean cv. Boxer (304 g kg&minus<br />1), with faba bean cv. Laura and forage pea cv. Arvika having similar content, and field pea having the least (264 g kg&minus<br />1). Cover crop treatments did not affect maize in the following year, indicating no nutrient cycling from faba bean and pea to maize. Both cover crop species tested provided high protein forage, suitable for late grazing, with a more fibrous crop residue. Faba bean has potential as a cover crop in the upper Midwest while providing greater quality forage than pea.
- Subjects :
- Crop residue
forage pea
lcsh:S
0402 animal and dairy science
Forage
nutrient cycling
04 agricultural and veterinary sciences
cover crop
Biology
biology.organism_classification
040201 dairy & animal science
faba bean
Vicia faba
lcsh:Agriculture
Field pea
Sativum
Agronomy
catch crop
040103 agronomy & agriculture
0401 agriculture, forestry, and fisheries
Cultivar
Catch crop
Cover crop
Agronomy and Crop Science
fall grazing
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20734395
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Agronomy
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....2b875c2b2d0123109cefa080b07eaa84
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy10010080