Small sward comparison of stylosanthes and desmodium species grown in association with guinea [feed legumes; Malaysia]
1983
Wong, C.C. (Institut Penyelidikan dan Kemajuan Pertanian Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor. Feed Resources and Animal Nutrition Branch) | Eng, P.K.
Thirty-four accessions comprising Stylosanthes guianensis (Aubl.) SW., S. hamta (L.) Taub. and S. sabra Vog. and two Desmodium species were evaluated in sward grown with common guinea at Serdang. The mixture swards were harvested at 6-weekly frequency over an 18-month period initially, but subsequently were grazed continuously at a stocking rate of 3.8 cattle ha-1 over three years of evaluation, the promising accessions based on high dry matter yield, legume percentage, persistence, vigour and basal cover scores were CPI 40294, 40255, 33437, Q8231, 33978, 41218 and 33706B. Desmodium ovalifolium (Linn.) DC although slow in establishment, was outstanding in vigour and basal ground cover. Stylosanthes scabra CPI 40205 and 40292 persisted well under grazing while the commercial stylo cultivars namely Cook, Endeavour and Schofield had their dry matter yields declined over time. Stylosanthes hamata cv. Verano performed poorly
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