Forage potential of several halophytic species grown on saline soil in arid environments.

Autor: Pirasteh-Anosheh H; National Salinity Research Center, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization, Yazd, 8917357676, Iran. Electronic address: h.pirasteh.a@gmail.com., Ranjbar G; National Salinity Research Center, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization, Yazd, 8917357676, Iran., Akram NA; Department of Botany, Government College University, Faisalabad, 38000, Pakistan., Ghafar MA; Department of Botany, Government College University, Faisalabad, 38000, Pakistan., Panico A; Department of Engineering, University of Campania L. Vanvitelli, via Roma 29, Aversa, Italy.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Environmental research [Environ Res] 2023 Feb 15; Vol. 219, pp. 114954. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Dec 16.
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.114954
Abstrakt: This study was carried out to evaluate the forage quantity and quality of several halophyte species grown in arid-saline environments. After identifying 44 halophytic species in the region and considering the potential of quantitative and qualitative forage production, 13 species from four families, i.e. Amaranthaceae, Asteraceae, Leguminosae and Convolvulaceae, and eight genera were selected for further evaluation. These species differed significantly in terms of both forage quantity, measured in terms of fresh (FW) and dry weight (DW), and forage quality assessed in terms of tissue water content (TWC), ash, nitrogen content (N), crude protein (CP), acid detergent fiber (ADF), neutral detergent fiber (NDF), dry matter digestibility and metabolizable energy (ME). The highest fresh and dry weights were obtained from Suaeda ferticosa (1006.3 g and 306.3 g, respectively) and Noaea mucronata (909.3 g and 309 g, respectively). However, based on forage quality characteristics, Alhagi maurorum, Bassia scoparia, Noaea mucronata, Halostachys belangriana and Cressa cretica showed the best forage potential. Values of ash, CP, ADF, NDF and ME measured in the halophytes species ranged between 7.9% and 33.2%, 6.2% and 15.8%, 30.0% and 50.3%, 33.2% and 56.4%, 5.6 and 8.7 MJ kg -1 , respectively. The forage quality of the evaluated halophytic plants was influenced by unfavorable environmental conditions such as high soil salinity and low rainfall, however, these species can be considered as new sources of forage. Nevertheless, further studies are needed to improve the quality of such halophytic species by reducing the ash content and increasing the ME.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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