Abstract
Abstract A laboratory experiment was carried out to ascertain the effects of adding nitrogen (N) and sulphur (S) fertilizers on the nutritive values of two elephant grass cultivars, that is Pennisetum purpureum cv. Taiwan (EGT) and Mott (EGM) at 45 and 60 days harvesting times. Three levels of N fertilizer equivalent to,0, 500, and 1000 kg/Ha/year and two combination of N + S fertilizers equivalent to 500 kg N+571 kg S;1000 kg N+1143 kg S/Ha/year, respectively were allotted into a nested complete randomized design with three replicates each. Approximately 10 kg of soil was placed in each poly bag + one clump of grass and the sward was allowed to grow for 90 days, trimmed and harvested at their respective times. The results showed that the use of fertilizers particularly nitrogen linearly increased the nutrition content of grass and the dose of 1000 kg N+1143 kg S/Ha/year resulted in the highest CP content regardless of the harvesting times. EGM may offer more digestible nutrients than EGT due to superiority in the leaf: stem ratio than EGM. In conclusion EGM can be recommended to replace EGT for ruminant forage.
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Claims 5
Claim · model-written summary
Fertilizers, particularly nitrogen, linearly increased elephant grass nutrition content.
- Taxon
- Elephant Grass
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Cenchrus purpureust0 - Treatment
- fertilizers particularly nitrogene0
- Outcome
- nutrition contente0
- Direction
- increasede0
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Verbatim
e0“use of fertilizers particularly nitrogen linearly increased the nutrition content of grass”
t0“Two Elephant Grass Cultivars”
Claim · model-written summary
The 1000 kg N+1143 kg S/Ha/year dose gave the highest elephant grass CP content regardless of harvest timing.
- Taxon
- Elephant GrassCenchrus purpureust0
- Treatment
- 1000 kg N+1143 kg S/Ha/yeare0
- Outcome
- CP contente0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Qualifier
- regardless of the harvesting timese0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“the dose of 1000 kg N+1143 kg S/Ha/year resulted in the highest CP content regardless of the harvesting times”
t0“Elephant Grass”
Claim · model-written summary
Mott elephant grass may offer more digestible nutrients than Taiwan elephant grass.
- Taxon
- Pennisetum purpureumCenchrus purpureuse1
- Material
- Motte1
- Outcome
- digestible nutrientse0
- Direction
- moree0
- Qualifier
- maye0
- Comparator
- Taiwane1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“EGM may offer more digestible nutrients than EGT”
e1“Pennisetum purpureum cv. Taiwan (EGT) and Mott (EGM)”
Claim · model-written summary
Mott elephant grass had a superior leaf: stem ratio compared with Taiwan.
- Taxon
- Pennisetum purpureumCenchrus purpureuse1
- Material
- Motte1
- Outcome
- leaf: stem ratioe0
- Direction
- superioritye0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“superiority in the leaf: stem ratio than EGM”
e1“Pennisetum purpureum cv. Taiwan (EGT) and Mott (EGM)”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend Mott over Taiwan for ruminant forage.
- Taxon
- Pennisetum purpureumCenchrus purpureuse1
- Material
- Motte1
- Outcome
- replace EGT for ruminant foragee0
- Comparator
- Taiwane1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“EGM can be recommended to replace EGT for ruminant forage”
e1“Pennisetum purpureum cv. Taiwan (EGT) and Mott (EGM)”
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