While some research has been conducted in sub–Saharan Africa on the alien invasive Parthenium hysterophorus, little work assessed whether it is poses negative impact native forages. A field survey was carried out to study dominant co–existing plant species, and its abundance, forage cover. We found that non–natives were plants with P. hysterophorus compared natives. Plant species (r = -0.889, P...

Sarah J. Pethybridge, Botanical Resources Australia–Agricultural Services Pty. Ltd., Ulverstone, Tasmania, 7315, Australia; Frank S. Hay, Tasmanian Institute of Agricultural Research (TIAR), University of Tasmania–Cradle Coast Campus, Burnie, Tasmania, 7320, Australia; and David H. Gent, United States Department of Agriculture– Agricultural Research Service, Forage Seed and Cereal Research Unit...

Jillian M. Lang, Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management, Colorado State University, Fort Collins 80523-1177; David H. Gent, U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, National Forage Seed Production Research Center, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis 97331-8539; and Howard F. Schwartz, Department of Bioagricultural...

Introduction High quality whole-plant corn silage (WPCS) contributes greatly to supplying the energy, starch and forage NDF needs of high-producing dairy cows, reducing purchased feed costs from expensive grain and byproduct supplements, and generating milk revenues for dairy producers throughout the world. The purpose of this paper is to review selected recent developments and strategies that ...

Here, we report the draft genome sequence of the Xanthomonas bromi type strain LMG 947, an important pathogen of bromegrasses (Bromus spp.). Comparative analysis with other Xanthomonas spp. that are pathogenic on forage grasses will assist the analysis of host-plant adaptation at the genome level.

The effects of a microbial inoculant (containing propionic and lactic acid bacteria) and formic acid onchemical composition, ruminal degradability of dry matter (DM) and nutrient digestibility of corn silage wereexamined. Whole-plant corn was ensiled for 60 days in plastic polyethylene bags, and three treatments werecompared, 1: control (no additive), 2: Propionibacterium acidipropionici plus L...

sion illustrates the difficulty that current researchers face in obtaining consensus from this generality. More than a century since Charles Darwin stated that diverse Species diversity is a hot topic in grassland ecology regrasslands produce more herbage than monocultures, scientists still search because the reported benefits of biodiversity apdebate the relationship between species diversity ...