Nutritional Value and In Vitro Volatile Fatty Acid Production of Forage Grasses Cultivated Using Farmyard Manure and Desmodium intortum Intercropping in the Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia
Integrating farmyard manure (FYM) and legume intercropping improves soil chemical and microbial properties, thereby increasing forage productivity and nutritional value. The purpose of this study was to evaluate how fertilizer treatments affected the chemical composition, in vitro gas production and...
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| author | Misganaw Walie Firew Tegegne Yeshambel Mekuriaw Atsushi Tsunekawa Nobuyuki Kobayashi Toshiyoshi Ichinohe Nigussie Haregeweyn Asaminew Tassew Shigdaf Mekuriaw Tsugiyuki Masunaga Mitsuru Tsubo Enyew Adgo Derege Tsegaye Meshesha |
| author_facet | Misganaw Walie Firew Tegegne Yeshambel Mekuriaw Atsushi Tsunekawa Nobuyuki Kobayashi Toshiyoshi Ichinohe Nigussie Haregeweyn Asaminew Tassew Shigdaf Mekuriaw Tsugiyuki Masunaga Mitsuru Tsubo Enyew Adgo Derege Tsegaye Meshesha |
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| description | Integrating farmyard manure (FYM) and legume intercropping improves soil chemical and microbial properties, thereby increasing forage productivity and nutritional value. The purpose of this study was to evaluate how fertilizer treatments affected the chemical composition, in vitro gas production and organic matter digestibility (IVOMD), and volatile fatty acid production (VFA) of Napier and desho grasses in the upper Blue Nile basin of Ethiopia. Apart from ether extract content, the chemical composition of the fertilizer treatments in the Aba Gerima watershed did not differ significantly, whereas significant differences were observed in acid detergent fiber and crude protein contents at the Guder watershed. In both watersheds, Napier grass had significantly higher crude protein levels than desho grass. In Aba Gerima, ash content was significantly higher in 2018 than in 2019, but not in Guder. For Napier and desho grasses, there were an increment in IVOMD (6.7 vs 4.7%), metabolizable energy (5.5 vs 4.5%), and VFA production (23.1 vs 3.0%) in the Desmodium intortum plus FYM treatment than in the control in Aba Gerima. In Guder, however, IVOMD (13.7 vs 4.6%), metabolizable energy (13.3 vs 3.3%), and VFA production (11.2 vs 5.6%) increased in the same treatment for Napier and desho grasses than in the control. This study suggests that the Desmodium intortum plus FYM improves the nutritional value, IVOMD, and VFA production of Napier and desho grasses in dryland areas of the upper Blue Nile basin, facilitating their growth as alternative livestock feed for better production in these areas. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-8abe2b9201734ee89726b476a6c169c52025-02-03T01:21:04ZengWileyAdvances in Agriculture2314-75392022-01-01202210.1155/2022/6593230Nutritional Value and In Vitro Volatile Fatty Acid Production of Forage Grasses Cultivated Using Farmyard Manure and Desmodium intortum Intercropping in the Upper Blue Nile Basin, EthiopiaMisganaw Walie0Firew Tegegne1Yeshambel Mekuriaw2Atsushi Tsunekawa3Nobuyuki Kobayashi4Toshiyoshi Ichinohe5Nigussie Haregeweyn6Asaminew Tassew7Shigdaf Mekuriaw8Tsugiyuki Masunaga9Mitsuru Tsubo10Enyew Adgo11Derege Tsegaye Meshesha12College of Agriculture and Environmental SciencesCollege of Agriculture and Environmental SciencesCollege of Agriculture and Environmental SciencesArid Land Research CenterArid Land Research CenterFaculty of Life and Environmental ScienceInternational Platform for Dryland Research and EducationCollege of Agriculture and Environmental SciencesAmhara Region Agricultural Research InstituteFaculty of Life and Environmental ScienceArid Land Research CenterCollege of Agriculture and Environmental SciencesCollege of Agriculture and Environmental SciencesIntegrating farmyard manure (FYM) and legume intercropping improves soil chemical and microbial properties, thereby increasing forage productivity and nutritional value. The purpose of this study was to evaluate how fertilizer treatments affected the chemical composition, in vitro gas production and organic matter digestibility (IVOMD), and volatile fatty acid production (VFA) of Napier and desho grasses in the upper Blue Nile basin of Ethiopia. Apart from ether extract content, the chemical composition of the fertilizer treatments in the Aba Gerima watershed did not differ significantly, whereas significant differences were observed in acid detergent fiber and crude protein contents at the Guder watershed. In both watersheds, Napier grass had significantly higher crude protein levels than desho grass. In Aba Gerima, ash content was significantly higher in 2018 than in 2019, but not in Guder. For Napier and desho grasses, there were an increment in IVOMD (6.7 vs 4.7%), metabolizable energy (5.5 vs 4.5%), and VFA production (23.1 vs 3.0%) in the Desmodium intortum plus FYM treatment than in the control in Aba Gerima. In Guder, however, IVOMD (13.7 vs 4.6%), metabolizable energy (13.3 vs 3.3%), and VFA production (11.2 vs 5.6%) increased in the same treatment for Napier and desho grasses than in the control. This study suggests that the Desmodium intortum plus FYM improves the nutritional value, IVOMD, and VFA production of Napier and desho grasses in dryland areas of the upper Blue Nile basin, facilitating their growth as alternative livestock feed for better production in these areas.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/6593230 |
| spellingShingle | Misganaw Walie Firew Tegegne Yeshambel Mekuriaw Atsushi Tsunekawa Nobuyuki Kobayashi Toshiyoshi Ichinohe Nigussie Haregeweyn Asaminew Tassew Shigdaf Mekuriaw Tsugiyuki Masunaga Mitsuru Tsubo Enyew Adgo Derege Tsegaye Meshesha Nutritional Value and In Vitro Volatile Fatty Acid Production of Forage Grasses Cultivated Using Farmyard Manure and Desmodium intortum Intercropping in the Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia Advances in Agriculture |
| title | Nutritional Value and In Vitro Volatile Fatty Acid Production of Forage Grasses Cultivated Using Farmyard Manure and Desmodium intortum Intercropping in the Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia |
| title_full | Nutritional Value and In Vitro Volatile Fatty Acid Production of Forage Grasses Cultivated Using Farmyard Manure and Desmodium intortum Intercropping in the Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia |
| title_fullStr | Nutritional Value and In Vitro Volatile Fatty Acid Production of Forage Grasses Cultivated Using Farmyard Manure and Desmodium intortum Intercropping in the Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Nutritional Value and In Vitro Volatile Fatty Acid Production of Forage Grasses Cultivated Using Farmyard Manure and Desmodium intortum Intercropping in the Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia |
| title_short | Nutritional Value and In Vitro Volatile Fatty Acid Production of Forage Grasses Cultivated Using Farmyard Manure and Desmodium intortum Intercropping in the Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia |
| title_sort | nutritional value and in vitro volatile fatty acid production of forage grasses cultivated using farmyard manure and desmodium intortum intercropping in the upper blue nile basin ethiopia |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/6593230 |
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