The two temperate forage legumes containing condensed tannins (CT) that promote ruminant production are birdsfoot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus L.; BFT) and sainfoin (Onobrychis viciifolia Scop.; SF). Both are well-adapted to the cool-temperate climate and alkaline soils of the Mountain West USA. Condensed tannins comprise a diverse family of bioactive chemicals with multiple beneficial functions...

This study was conducted to determine the fatty acid (FA) content in pasture grasses, legumes, and non-leguminous forbs northeast West Virginia. Grass, legume, forb plant material were collected from rotationally stocked pastures analyzed for crude protein (CP), linoleic (C18:2), α-linolenic (C18:3), total FA content. Species within botanical classes varied Forbs had highest (C18:2) followed by...

Kura clover (Trifolium ambiguumM. Bieb.) grown in monoculture is difficult to harvest mechanically because of its decumbent growth habit, and legumes in general have poor ensiling characteristics. Our objectives were to assess forage yield, nutritive value, and silage characteristics of kura clover–winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) mixtures to determine usefulness as a silage crop. ‘Cardinal’...

This trial describes the effect of intraruminal infusion of sodium selenite on the in-sacco rumen degradability of a legume, Centrosema pubescens and a grass, Pennisetum purpereum in West African dwarf (WAD) sheep. A total of sixteen WAD sheep of an average body weight, 16.19 ± 2.63 kg were used for this study. A 4 x 4 Latin square design of four sheep and four sodium selenite treatments (doses...

In semiarid environments of the Mediterranean region, intercropping is a sustainable agricultural system long standing. this area, pea (Pisum sativum L.) one most commonly grown legume crops. Little information available on quality silages to be obtained from forage mixtures intercropped with cereals or annual grasses. study, two experiments were conducted over course growing seasons in Sicily ...