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Desmodium: A low‐cost pasture for the eastern cape coastal region
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa • Authors: G.R. Barnes --- Department of Agriculture (East Cape Region),Desmodium intortum is well suited to the East London Coastal area for beef production under dryland conditions. Although slow to establish, satisfactory livestock production is maintained under a low fertilizer regime. Experimental results indicate stocking rates for maximum production per... -
Evaluation of Desmodium uncinatum, Fagopyrum esculentum and Brachiaria humidicola as potential green manure crops for nematode management in sugarcane
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Ruth Rhodes --- South African Sugarcane Research Institute, South Africa Shaun D Berry --- South African Sugarcane Research Institute, South Africa Prabashnie V Ramouthar --- South African Sugarcane Research Institute, South Africa R Stuart Rutherford --- South African Sugarcane Research Institute, South AfricaPlant-parasitic nematodes remain a challenge to sugarcane growers in South Africa, and alternatives to chemical control are desirable. This project aimed to determine the impact of green manure crops Desmodium uncinatum, Fagopyrum esculentum and Brachiaria humidicola on nematodes and subsequent... -
Crop damage by granivorous birds despite protection efforts by human bird scarers in a sorghum field in western Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Matthew Hiron --- Department of Ecology, Sweden Diana Rubene --- Department of Ecology, Sweden Collins K Mweresa --- International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Kenya Yvonne UO Ajamma --- International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Kenya Eunice A Owino --- International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Kenya Matthew Low --- Department of Ecology, SwedenCereal crop damage from granivorous birds poses a serious food security problem for subsistence farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. In this region, farmers may rely on human ‘bird scarers’ to limit crop damage. Here we report feeding behaviour and crop damage... -
Nutritional values and chemical composition of tropical pastures as potential sources of α-tocopherol and condensed tannin
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Jalise F Tontini --- Graduate Program in Animal Science, Agronomy College, Brazil Cesar HEC Poli --- Graduate Program in Animal Science, Agronomy College, Brazil Viviane S Hampel --- Graduate Program in Animal Science, Agronomy College, Brazil Alessandro P Minho --- Embrapa Southeast Livestock, Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation, Ministry of Agriculture, Brazil James P Muir --- Texas AgriLife Research, USATropical pastures can be important natural sources of antioxidant compounds and may impact production and quality of animal protein with repercussions on human health. The objective of this study was to evaluate the concentrations of α-tocopherol, condensed tannin (CT) and... -
Unravelling the accessions–environment interactions and the unveiling of released variety: insights from Bouffordia dichotoma
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Hunegnaw Abebe --- Wollo University, Ethiopia Tewodros Alemu --- Wollo University, Ethiopia Seid Hassen --- Wollo University, Ethiopia Ephrem Seid --- Wollo University, Ethiopia Moges Dessale --- Wollo University, Ethiopia Yan Tu --- Institute of Feed Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, ChinaA comprehensive study was conducted on Bouffordia dichotoma, a valued forage plant in eastern Amhara, Ethiopia, to identify the most productive accession. This two-year study (2021–2022) was carried out in three locations using a randomised complete block design with four...