PRODUCTION AND CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ELEPHANT GRASS (Pennisetum purpureum SCHUM) FOR ENSILAGE IN DIFFERENT HARVEST AGES
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Buffering capacity, crude protein, dry matter, height, soluble carbohydrateAbstract
This trial was carried out in the Departamento de Produção Animal at the Universidade Federal de Goiás, in Goiânia-Goiás. Its purpose was to evaluate the effects of three different harvest ages after the plantation upon the elephant grass cv. Cameroon production and its chemical characteristics, cultivated in red-yellow latossol, aiming to the ensilage. It was used a completely randomized design, with 16 repetitions, to evaluate the plants height, the dry matter production, the contents of dry matter, crude protein, crude fiber, calcium and phosphorus and the soluble carbohydrates contents and the buffering capacity before ensilage. The results obtained suggest the viability of the harvest forage utilization in the three closing out dates, stored as ensilage.
KEY-WORDS: Buffering capacity; crude protein; dry matter; height; soluble carbohydrate.
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