Arora, S.K. and Paroda, R.S. and Pal, Y, and Das, B. (1975) Genetic variability in structural components and in vitro digestibility of fodder samples of promising grain sorghum. Indian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics, 12 (2). pp. 53-59.
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Samples of forage of 11 varieties of grain sorghum collected at the initial stage of flowering were compared with the standard fodder variety JS 263. The protein, mineral and tannin contents of the fodder variety and the average values for the other varieties were 5.03, 4.9, 0.77 and 4.82, 5.8, 0.59%, respectively. There were significant differences in the structural components of the samples of grain sorghum and digestibility in vitro. Neutral detergent fibre (NDF) ranged between 57.48 and 67.97%, acid detergent fibre (ADF) between 30.85 and 37.98%, acid detergent lignin (ADL) between 4.15 and 7.18% and acid insoluble ash between 1.43 and 3.88%. Digestibility of DM in vitro ranged between 59.37 and 66.12%. Compared with the fodder variety, the other varieties studied had more NDF, ADF and hemicellulose and less DM
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Author Affiliation: | Chemical Laboratories, Haryana Agricultural University, Hissar, India |
| Subjects: | Crop Improvement > Genetics/Genomics Crop Improvement > Plant Breeding |
| Divisions: | Sorghum |
| Depositing User: | Ms K Syamalamba |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Jul 2012 07:59 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Jul 2012 08:00 |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/6896 |
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