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FORAGE POTENTIAL OF COWPEA (Vigna unguiculata L. WALP)
- Source :
- Volume: 17, Issue: 2 135-138, Turkish Journal Of Field Crops
- Publication Year :
- 2012
- Publisher :
- Soc Field Crop Sci, 2012.
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Abstract
- Mut, Hanife/0000-0002-5814-5275 WOS: 000313376200007 Nine Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp) genotypes were assessed for forage yield and quality features during 2005 and 2006 summer growing season at two locations (Samsun and Kayak) in Turkey. Experiments were established on May and arranged in a randomized complete block design with 3 replications in both years and locations. Although cowpea is not grown for forage purposes, their forage yield and quality are desirable in experiment conditions. Forage yield significantly (P < 0.01) affected by genotype, year and location and ranged between 6.03 and 7.94 t ha(-1) among genotypes over the years and locations. No differences were found in crude protein (CP) among cultivars and years, which ranged from 170.2 g kg(-1) for cultivar Akkiz up to 185.2 g kg(-1) for genotypes G3, G4 over the years and locations. There were no significant differences among genotypes for ADF, NDF, Mg and P contents. P, Mg, Ca and K contents in all the genotypes were higher than animal needs in both locations. In general, cowpea genotypes had higher forage yield, CP and lower ADF and NDF at Samsun compare to Kayak location.
- Subjects :
- NDF
Turkey
Cowpea
forage yield
mineral mater
Ziraat Mühendisliği
protein
ADF
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13011111
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Volume: 17, Issue: 2 135-138, Turkish Journal Of Field Crops
- Accession number :
- edsair.dedup.wf.001..4c8c159ab66c15cad9049a8925771bb6