DRY MATTER PRODUCTION AND STRUCTURAL AND BROMATOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF Brachiaria AND Panicum CULTIVARS

Authors

  • Janaina de Lima Silva Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco
  • Karina Guimarães Ribeiro Universidade Federal de Viçosa
  • Bruna Nogueira Herculano Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri
  • Odilon Gomes Pereira Universidade Federal de Viçosa
  • Rosana Cristina Pereira Instituto Federal Fluminense
  • Luciana Felizardo Pereira Soares Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/cab17332914

Keywords:

Animal Nutrition

Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate the dry matter production and the structural and bromatological characteristics of Brachiaria and Panicum cultivars. The study was conducted in a greenhouse in a randomized complete block design with five treatments, three cultivars of Brachiaria (B. decumbens cv. Basilisk, B. brizantha cv. Marandu and cv. Xaraes) and two cultivars of Panicum (P. maximum cv. Mombaça and cv. Tanzania), with four replications. Higher number of leaves, greater laminar length and tillers were observed in Mombaça, Tanzania, and Basilisk cultivars. Tanzania and Mombaça cultivars showed higher production of dry mass in relation to Marandu, and Xaraes cultivar showed higher leaf/stem ratio. There was no difference in crude protein content among cultivars, while neutral detergent fiber and acid detergent fiber content was lower for Marandu and Xaraes. We recommend all the cultivars considering their different nutritional requirements.
Keywords: crude protein; laminar length; neutral detergent fiber; number of leaves; tillers.

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Author Biographies

Janaina de Lima Silva, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco

Doutora em Zootecnia, Departamento de Zootecnia, Área Produção de Ruminantes

Karina Guimarães Ribeiro, Universidade Federal de Viçosa

Doutora em Zootecnia,Departamento de Zootecnia

Bruna Nogueira Herculano, Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri

Mestre em Produção e Nutrição Animal

Odilon Gomes Pereira, Universidade Federal de Viçosa

Doutor em Zootecnia, Departamento de Zootecnia

Rosana Cristina Pereira, Instituto Federal Fluminense

Doutora em Zootecnia

Luciana Felizardo Pereira Soares, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco

Doutora em Zootecnia, Departamento de Zootecnia

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Published

2016-07-29

How to Cite

SILVA, J. de L.; RIBEIRO, K. G.; HERCULANO, B. N.; PEREIRA, O. G.; PEREIRA, R. C.; SOARES, L. F. P. DRY MATTER PRODUCTION AND STRUCTURAL AND BROMATOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF Brachiaria AND Panicum CULTIVARS. Brazilian Animal Science/ Ciência Animal Brasileira, Goiânia, v. 17, n. 3, p. 342–348, 2016. DOI: 10.1590/cab17332914. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/32914. Acesso em: 17 jul. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 3 (2016)

Section

Animal Production

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