Effect of Harvest Time and Cultivars on Forage Yield and Quality of Whole Crop Barley
2009
Yun, S.K., National Institute of Crop Science, RDA, Iksan, Republic of Korea | Park, T.I., National Institute of Crop Science, RDA, Iksan, Republic of Korea | Seo, J.H., National Institute of Crop Science, RDA, Iksan, Republic of Korea | Kim, K.H., National Institute of Crop Science, RDA, Iksan, Republic of Korea | Song, T.H., National Institute of Crop Science, RDA, Iksan, Republic of Korea | Park, K.H., National Institute of Crop Science, RDA, Iksan, Republic of Korea | Han, O.K., National Institute of Crop Science, RDA, Iksan, Republic of Korea
A field study was conducted from 2007 to 2008 at Department Rice and Winter Cereal Crop, NICS, RDA, to evaluate the effects of harvest time and cultivar on forage yield and quality. Four whole crop barley cultivars ('Youngyang', 'Wooho', 'Yuyeon' and 'Dami') were selected and harvested on five separate growth stages (heading, and intervals of 1, 2, 3 and 4 weeks after heading) in split plot design with three replications. Results from this experiment indicated significant differences due to harvest time and cultivar in dry matter yield and total digestible nutrients (TDN) yield for forage. The interaction between harvest time and cultivar was not significant. The TDN yield trends were increasing with later harvest time due to higher dry matter yield and TDN content. This experiment provides some interesting results with respects to optimum harvest time, feed value and ultimately yield for the different whole crop barley cultivars.
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