Effect of plant height at cutting, source and level of fertiliser on yield and nutritional quality of Napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum (L.) Schumach.)

Authors :: R. M. T. Baars
T. Zewdu
A. Yami
All the staff of Animal Feeds and Nutrition Research Division of AARC
Staff of the nutrition laboratory of the International Livestock Research Institute, particularly Mr Chris Robinson and Ato Mulugeta Habte-Michael
Source :: African Journal of Range and Forage Science; Vol 19 (2002); 123-128
Publication Year :: 2002
Publisher :: NISC, 2002.
Abstract: Napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum (L.) Schumach.) was studied using a 5 x 3 factorial experiment arranged in a randomised complete block design with three replications. The treatments were five fertiliser applications (0kg ha-1 N, 46kg ha-1 N and 92kg ha-1 N, 1t ha-1 and 2t ha-1 cattle manure) and three plant heights at cutting (0.5m, 1m and 1.5m). The mean dry matter (DM) yield was 8.21t ha-1 per cut but increased when the plant height at cutting increased and when the level of N fertilisation increased (P

Subjects :: Ecology
biology
Phosphorus
chemistry.chemical_element
Forage
Factorial experiment
biology.organism_classification
Manure
chemistry.chemical_compound
Agronomy
chemistry
Yield (wine)
Lignin
Animal Science and Zoology
Dry matter
Pennisetum purpureum
Mathematics

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