Forage yield and nutritive value of oat cultivar fatua at various intervals of harvesting
2002
Hussain, A. | Khan, S. | Mohammad, D. (National Agricultural Research Centre, Islamabad (Pakistan). Fodder Research Programme)
The effect of various harvesting intervals on forage yield and quality was investigated in oats cultivar, fatua at NARC, Islamabad during 1987-89. It was found that green forage yield, dry matter yield, and crude fibre contents increased while crude protein contents decreased with maturity. Maximum green forage and dry matter yield with inferior forage quality were recorded at 50% flowering stage. Minimum green forage and dry matter yield with superior quality forage as determined by higher crude protein and lower crude fibre contents were observed when the crop was harvested after 70 and 85 days of planting. Thus a satisfactory forage and grain crop could be harvested from oats which had been grazed or harvested after 115 days of planting.
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