Feed value of pearl millet [Pennisetum americanum (L.) Leeke] grown as a new forage crop.
1988
Park K.Y. | Choi B.H. | Moon H.G. | Park R.K. | Kang Y.K.
Pearl millet has been detected as a promising new forage crop of excellent quality and productivity since 1985. Its green fodder yields were 10.7 to 12.8 tons per hectare in average of 26 accessions in Suwon, 1985. The yield level was much higher than those of Italian and proso millets and corn. Corn was better than Italian and proso millets, and proso millet was better than Italian millet for a green fodder crop. Suwon 1 pearl millet hybrid was the best of the 13 hybrids examined in Suwon, 1986 being 149 tons per hectare of three times cut green fodder yields. The pearl millet hybrid was higher in green fodder yield than corn and sorghum/Sudan grass hybrids. Leaf area index was 32.4 for the three times cut pearl millet, while 5.8 for the one time cut corn, and 20.8 for the three times cut sorghum/Sudan grass. Crude protein content was 16.3 percent for pearl millet being six to five percent higher than corn and sorghum/Sudan grass, 11.8 percent for the one time cut at maturity and 16.1 percent for four times cut being higher than corn and sorghum/Sudan grass. Crude fat content was 3-8 percent for pearl millet grain being somewhat higher than corn and sorghum/Sudan grass and 1.3-1.4 percent for green fodder crop.
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