Above ground standing crop, protein content and dry matter digestibility of a tropical grassland rage in the Nairobi National park, Kenya
1992
Kinyamario, Jenesio I. | Macharia, Joseph M.
This study was to determine the biomass and contribution of various plant categories to overall standing crop, and to ascertain simultaneously the changes in dietry protein and dry matter digestibility of the grassland herbage. Estimates of above ground standing crop were carried out over a seven-month period in the Nairobi National Park, Kenya.Standing crops varied according to the rainfall period, more during the growing seasons (March to June) than during dry seasons months (January to February and July) Themeda triandra contributed most of the standing crop, followed by Pennisetum mezianum. Dicots, which ranked third, were found to be important plant constituents in this grassland.
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