What do animal nutritionists expect from plant breeding?
2008
Flachowsky, Gerhard
The 'wish list' from animal nutritionists to plant breeders can be summarized in terms of global nutritional security and resource efficiency, along with the increasing improvement/safety of the quality of feeds of plant origin. Reductions in the content of undesirable substances are more important than increases in the content of value-determining components of the plants. The following are also noteworthy: (a) studies with the target animal species are necessary to evaluate the nutritional value and safety of the changes induced in the plants; (b) cooperation among plant breeders and animal nutritionists should be a necessary element from the early stages of breeding programmes to evaluate the changes induced; and (c) life-cycle assessments (eco-balances, documentation of inputs and outputs) should be conducted to compare and evaluate the consequences of breeding programmes
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