Halophytes as forages in saline landscapes: interactions between plant genotype and environment change their feeding value to ruminants

Hayley Norman, David Masters, Ed Barrett Lennard. (27/7/2014). Halophytes as forages in saline landscapes: interactions between plant genotype and environment change their feeding value to ruminants. Beirut, Lebanon: International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA).

Abstract

This report focuses on three factors that affect livestock production using halophytes – biomass production, nutritive value (NV) of the biomass and voluntary feed intake (VFI). The growth of halophytic forages is widely recognized as a means for using saline land and water, but this study aim to assess the factors affecting the utilisation of this biomass by ruminants such as sheep, cattle and goats.