Yield and nutritive quality of Hedysarum coronarium across three different agro-climatic zones of northern Tunisia

cg.contactm.louhaichi@cgiar.orgen_US
cg.contributor.centerInternational Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDAen_US
cg.contributor.centerDirection Générale des Forêts - DGFen_US
cg.contributor.centerOregon State University - OSU United Statesen_US
cg.contributor.centerEcole Supérieure d'Agriculture de Mateur - ESAMen_US
cg.contributor.crpCGIAR Research Program on Livestock Agri-Food Systems - Livestocken_US
cg.contributor.funderFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - FAOen_US
cg.contributor.projectCGIAR Research Program on Livestock Agri-Food Systemsen_US
cg.contributor.project-lead-instituteInternational Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDAen_US
cg.coverage.admin-unitOKen_US
cg.coverage.admin-unitNVen_US
cg.coverage.countryTNen_US
cg.coverage.geolocationLatitude: 35.568774673369134; Longitude: -95.36225000000002en_US
cg.coverage.geolocationLatitude: 39.88734915210241; Longitude: -118.68710915592499en_US
cg.coverage.geolocationLatitude: 40.39964150151079; Longitude: -116.34702126529999en_US
cg.coverage.regionNorthern Africaen_US
cg.creator.idSlim, Slim: 0000-0001-8294-0685en_US
cg.creator.idHassan, Sawsan: 0000-0002-5057-8957en_US
cg.creator.idMoyo, Hloniphani: 0000-0002-5938-2117en_US
cg.creator.idAtes, Serkan: 0000-0001-6825-3248en_US
cg.creator.idLouhaichi, Mounir: 0000-0002-4543-7631en_US
cg.subject.agrovocdry matteren_US
cg.subject.agrovocrhizobiumen_US
dc.contributorHarbeg, Lamiaen_US
dc.contributorHassan, Sawsanen_US
dc.contributorMoyo, Hloniphanien_US
dc.contributorAtes, Serkanen_US
dc.contributorLouhaichi, Mouniren_US
dc.creatorSlim, Slimen_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-30T15:36:02Z
dc.date.available2018-12-30T15:36:02Z
dc.description.abstractSulla (Hedysarum coronarium L.) is commonly included in the cropping system as a short-rotation forage crop (one to three years) in northern Tunisia. Thus, this study compared DM production and nutritive value of sulla stands of different ages (one, two and three year-old stands) across three agro-climatic zones in northern Tunisia [North (>600 mm), NW (500 - 550 mm) and NE (<500 mm)] to identify the optimum rotation length from forage production and quality standpoints. Soil organic matter, mineral content and pH were similar across all three regions. The average of the DM yield is 6.10, 7.47 and 9.88 t DM/ha in NW, N and NE regions, respectively. Three-year old sulla stand had the greatest DM yield (14.53 t DM /ha) in the NE region, while the DM yield of three-year old stand in NW was the least (4.74 t DM/ha). The ADF and NDF concentrations for the three year-old stand in NE region had the highest value (32.3 % and 59.5 %, respectively). Three-year old sulla stand in the NW region had the lowest NDF concentration (40.7%) and the greatest CP content (17.6 % DM). The results revealed that sulla had the greatest DM yield in its third year, regardless of the region, indicating that the sulla phase of the rotation should be at least three years for optimum forage production. The NE region has a long-standing tradition of incorporating sulla in crop rotations, explaining the higher yields in that region, compared to other regions with higher rainfall.en_US
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dc.identifierhttps://mel.cgiar.org/reporting/downloadmelspace/hash/e84c3b50423a8f9ac7bcb26835abeca1/v/bb8ad4c69a0dc38124e2df1550e30e8fen_US
dc.identifier.citationSlim Slim, Lamia Harbeg, Sawsan Hassan, Hloniphani Moyo, Serkan Ates, Mounir Louhaichi. (21/12/2018). Yield and nutritive quality of Hedysarum coronarium across three different agro-climatic zones of northern Tunisia. United States of America: The Society for Range Management.en_US
dc.identifier.statusOpen accessen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/9004
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherThe Society for Range Managementen_US
dc.rightsCC-BY-4.0en_US
dc.subjectsullaen_US
dc.subjectacid detergent fiberen_US
dc.subjectneutral detergent fiberen_US
dc.titleYield and nutritive quality of Hedysarum coronarium across three different agro-climatic zones of northern Tunisiaen_US
dc.typePosteren_US
dcterms.available2018-12-21en_US
mel.project.openhttps://mel.cgiar.org/projects/237en_US

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