Abstract
The aim of the study was to investigate effects of different irrigation levels and nitrogen doses to chemical composition, in vitro gas and methane production of maize kernel for animal feeding. Three different nitrogen doses such as 100, 200 and 300 kg ha-1 N and irrigation levels such as 50%, 75% and 100% of depleted water were applied. The study was carried out under split plot for randomized complete block experimental design with three replicates during 2013-2014 seasons and irrigation levels were allocated in to main plots while nitrogen doses in to sub plots. The two-year results of the study showed that crude protein, crude ash and crude oil ratios and gas and methane production, metabolic energy (ME) and organic matter digestibility (OMD) were positively affected by increased level of water levels and nitrogen doses while acid detergent fiber (ADF) and neutral detergent fiber (NDF) and dry matter contents were negatively affected. It is clear that increased level of water and nitrogen positively contributed to quality of maize kernel for animal production but more researches are needed to explain how increased level of water and nitrogen result in higher level of gas and methane production.
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Claims 6
Claim · model-written summary
Higher irrigation levels and nitrogen doses increased crude protein, crude ash and crude oil ratios of maize kernel.
- Treatment
- increased level of water levels and nitrogen dosese3
- Outcome
- crude protein, crude ash and crude oil ratiose1
- Direction
- increaseinferrede2
Zea maysNot reportedComparator
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t0“MAIZE”
e1“crude protein, crude ash and crude oil ratios”
e2“positively affected”
e3“increased level of water levels and nitrogen doses”
Claim · model-written summary
Higher irrigation levels and nitrogen doses increased in vitro gas and methane production of maize kernel.
- Treatment
- increased level of water levels and nitrogen dosese3
- Outcome
- gas and methane productione1
- Direction
- increaseinferrede2
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
t0“MAIZE”
e1“ratios and gas and methane production”
e2“positively affected”
e3“increased level of water levels and nitrogen doses”
Claim · model-written summary
Higher irrigation levels and nitrogen doses increased metabolic energy and organic matter digestibility of maize kernel.
- Treatment
- increased level of water levels and nitrogen dosese3
- Outcome
- metabolic energy (ME) and organic matter digestibility (OMD)e1
- Direction
- increaseinferrede2
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
t0“MAIZE”
e1“metabolic energy (ME) and organic matter digestibility (OMD)”
e2“positively affected”
e3“increased level of water levels and nitrogen doses”
Claim · model-written summary
Higher irrigation levels and nitrogen doses decreased acid detergent fiber and neutral detergent fiber contents of maize kernel.
- Treatment
- increased level of water levels and nitrogen dosese3
- Outcome
- acid detergent fiber (ADF) and neutral detergent fiber (NDF)e1
- Direction
- decreaseinferrede2
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
t0“MAIZE”
e1“acid detergent fiber (ADF) and neutral detergent fiber (NDF)”
e2“negatively affected”
e3“increased level of water levels and nitrogen doses”
Claim · model-written summary
Higher irrigation levels and nitrogen doses decreased dry matter content of maize kernel.
- Treatment
- increased level of water levels and nitrogen dosese3
- Outcome
- dry matter contentse1
- Direction
- decreaseinferrede2
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“MAIZE”
e1“dry matter contents”
e2“negatively affected”
e3“increased level of water levels and nitrogen doses”
Claim · model-written summary
Increased water and nitrogen levels positively contributed to the quality of maize kernel for animal production.
- Treatment
- increased level of water and nitrogene0
- Outcome
- quality of maize kernel for animal productione0
- Direction
- positively contributede0
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Verbatim
e0“increased level of water and nitrogen positively contributed to quality of maize kernel for animal production”
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