Herbage Accumulation and Nutritive Value of Desho Grass (<i>Pennisetum pedicellatum</i>) in Midland and Highland Agro-Ecologies of Eastern Oromia, Ethiopia

Tolera Fikadu; Melese Furgasa; Worku Bekuma; Wubshet Tesfaye; Fraol Legesse

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Herbage Accumulation and Nutritive Value of Desho Grass (Pennisetum pedicellatum) in Midland and Highland Agro-Ecologies of Eastern Oromia, Ethiopia

Tolera Fikadu, Melese Furgasa, Worku Bekuma, Wubshet Tesfaye, Fraol Legesse

Published in American Journal of Plant Biology (Volume 7, Issue 4)

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Determining the forage yield and nutritional value of forage crops constitutes prerequisite to improve the productivity of livestock. Thus, identifying the grass lines to the specific agro-ecology can help to reduce the feed gap in Eastern Oromia. The experiment was carried out at midland and highland agro ecologies of East Hararghe zone of Oromia during 2018-2020 main cropping seasons to identify the most adaptable, high yielder in forage biomass and nutritive value Dasho grass line/s. Four Dasho grass (Pennisetum pedicellatum) lines (Kindo kosha-DZF-591, Araka-DZF-590, Kulumsa, Kindo kosha-DZF#589) were evaluated in randomized complete block design with four replications. Data on tiller number, plot cover, plant height, biomass yield, Ash, crud protein (CP), neutral detergent fiber (NDF), acid detergent fiber (ADF) and acid detergent lignin (ADL) were recorded during the investigation. The combined analysis of the current study revealed that Desho grass lines had significant difference in tiller number per plant (p<0.05), however, no significant (p>0.05) difference observed in forage dry matter, plot cover, plant height and leaf to stem ratio at both agro ecologies. When the nutritive value was observed, the Ash, crud protein (CP), neutral detergent fiber (NDF), acid detergent fiber (ADF) and acid detergent lignin (ADL) contents were shown significant (p<0.001) difference among the Desho grass lines considered in the trial. Kulumsa-DZF-592 had significantly higher crude protein and lower acid detergent fiber (ADF) and acid detergent lignin (ADL) contents. Generally, the high forage biomass yield and moderate nutritional contents in crude protein (CP), acid detergent fiber (ADF) of Desho grass lines suggested that they have excellent forage yield and nutritional value that deserves special attention to the grass. Therefore, all the Desho grass lines were well adapted and produced optimum forage biomass yield and moderate nutritional value at midland and highland agro-ecologies of East Hararghe Zone environmental conditions. Particularly, Kindo kosha-DZF#589 (28.72 t/ha) and Kulumsa-DZF-592 (28.51 t/ha) were well performed at midland agro-ecology while Kindo kosha-DZF-591 (25.06 t/ha) and Araka-DZF-590 (24.93 t/ha) were at highland agro-ecology. Thus, further research on demonstration and scaling up should be implemented at both agro-ecologies of the study areas.

Published in	American Journal of Plant Biology (Volume 7, Issue 4)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajpb.20220704.12
Page(s)	177-182
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Forage, Biomass Yield, Plot Cover, Nutritional Value, Plant Height, Tiller Number

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Tolera Fikadu, Melese Furgasa, Worku Bekuma, Wubshet Tesfaye, Fraol Legesse. Herbage Accumulation and Nutritive Value of Desho Grass (Pennisetum pedicellatum) in Midland and Highland Agro-Ecologies of Eastern Oromia, Ethiopia. Am J Plant Biol. 2022;7(4):177-182. doi: 10.11648/j.ajpb.20220704.12

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Tolera Fikadu

Oromia Agricultural Research Institute, Fedis Agricultural Research Center, Harar, Ethiopia
Melese Furgasa

Oromia Agricultural Research Institute, Fedis Agricultural Research Center, Harar, Ethiopia
Worku Bekuma

Oromia Agricultural Research Institute, Fedis Agricultural Research Center, Harar, Ethiopia
Wubshet Tesfaye

Oromia Agricultural Research Institute, Fedis Agricultural Research Center, Harar, Ethiopia
Fraol Legesse

Oromia Agricultural Research Institute, Fedis Agricultural Research Center, Harar, Ethiopia

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Tolera Fikadu, Melese Furgasa, Worku Bekuma, Wubshet Tesfaye, Fraol Legesse. Herbage Accumulation and Nutritive Value of Desho Grass (Pennisetum pedicellatum) in Midland and Highland Agro-Ecologies of Eastern Oromia, Ethiopia. Am J Plant Biol. 2022;7(4):177-182. doi: 10.11648/j.ajpb.20220704.12

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AU  - Worku Bekuma
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