Effects of Drought on Nutritive Value of Kudzu
| Autor: | Debbie J. R. Cherney, S. K. Cox, Lori Unruh Snyder, Julia L. Sharp, Christopher J. Post, Shawn Kelly, Elena A. Mikhailova |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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| Zdroj: | Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis. 44:3412-3422 |
| ISSN: | 1532-2416 0010-3624 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/00103624.2013.847455 |
| Popis: | Kudzu (Pueraria montana), a vigorous, perennial warm-season invasive legume is widely spread in the southeastern United States and has the potential to be used as feed by ruminants during its growing season from May until first frost (usually in October). The purpose of this study was to determine the nutritive value of kudzu during a drought-prone growing season. Five samples of apical leaves and stems were harvested once a week from random locations within a 43-year-old kudzu infestation grown on a Cecil clay loam (fine, kaolinitic, thermic Typic Kanhapludults) at the Clemson University Experimental Forest (Clemson, S.C.). We report the effects of plant part, sampling date, mean air temperature (MAT), and precipitation on dry matter (DM), crude protein (CP), neutral detergent fiber (NDF), acid detergent fiber (ADF), calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), phosphorus (P), potassium (K), sulfur (S), zinc (Zn), copper (Cu), manganese (Mn), and iron (Fe) of the kudzu. Dry matter and CP were significantly greater in t... |
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