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Performance of hybrid Napier cultivars CO-5 (Pennisetum glaucum × P. purpureum schumach) and Sampoorna (Pennisetum pedicillatum × P. americanum) harvested at five intervals during Yala season of the year

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Weerathunga, M.W.D.C., Udagama, U.W.G.D.N., Campbell, S. D., Barber, D. G. and Weerasinghe, W.M.P.B. (2022) Performance of hybrid Napier cultivars CO-5 (Pennisetum glaucum × P. purpureum schumach) and Sampoorna (Pennisetum pedicillatum × P. americanum) harvested at five intervals during Yala season of the year. In: Australian Association of Animal Sciences 34th Biennial Conference 2022, 5–7 July 2022, Cairns, Queensland.

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Abstract

Low quality tropical forages are one of the main constraints for ruminant feeding in Sri Lanka leading to low animal productivity. As a solution to this, two hybrid Napier cultivars; CO-5 and Sampoorna were recently introduced and have been described as superior yielding to previous cultivars of CO-3 (Pennisetum perpureum × P. typhodium) and CO-4 (Pennisetum glaucum × P. purpureum). The objective of this study were to evaluate the yield and nutrient composition of the CO-5 and Sampoorna Napier cultivars grown under rain fed conditions during the Yala season (May to September).

Item Type:Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Corporate Creators:Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Queensland
Business groups:Animal Science
Subjects:Plant culture > Field crops > Forage crops. Feed crops
Live Archive:06 Feb 2024 04:17
Last Modified:06 Feb 2024 04:17

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