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Performance of mixtures of cereal and legume forages under irrigation in the Sudan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

A. E. Osman  and
A. M. Osman
A. E. Osman
Affiliation:
Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Shambat, Sudan
A. M. Osman
Affiliation:
Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Shambat, Sudan
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Summary

Different seeding combinations and monocultures of sorghum forage, Abu Sabein, and legume forage, Lubia, were grown under irrigation on saline marginal lands for two seasons. Certain seeding combination treatinents, particularly (¾ Abu Sabein + ¼ Lubia), produced higher total D.M. than the higher yielding component, Abu Sabein, grown as a monoculture. This mixture treatment, together with some others, yielded more total crude protein than Abu Sabein alone. The seeding combination treatments influenced the pattern of D.M. distribution amongst different strata in the crop canopy. As the percentage of Lubia in the mixture increased, the D.M. of Abu Sabein tended to accumulate in greater proportions in the higher strata.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 98 , Issue 1 , February 1982 , pp. 17 - 21
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1982

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