Sixty-four growing steers were used in a split-plot experiment, where the whole plot was pasture, and implant level. Whole treatment 4 × 2 factorial with four levels of fescue (High Endophyte, Low Novel, or Endophyte Free) two legume (Legumes No Legumes). The included (No Implant, Synovex One Grass, Revalor-G, Ralgro). Data collected weights ultrasound carcass characteristics when coming off gr...

sphere represents less change in CO2 concentrations at the RuBisCO binding sites for C4, resulting in a smaller Atmospheric CO2 and temperature may significantly modify plant response for the C4 compared with the C3 plant. High production. Grasslands occupy in excess of 25% of the Earth’s land area, but grassland species have received limited attention from retemperature also generally increase...

Eight forages (alfalfa, birdsfoot trefoil, red clover, bromegrass, orchardgrass, perennial ryegrass, quackgrass, and timothy) at three maturities were evaluated for ruminal DM, CP, and NDF degradation kinetics. Duplicate dacron bags were incubated for 0, 3, 6, 10, 13, 25, 48, and 72 h in two late lactation Holstein cows fitted with ruminal cannulas over eight experimental periods. Species and m...

The aim of this study was to isolate, identify and characterize ascochyta blight pathogens from Cicer judaicum , a wild annual Cicer species which grows in Israel and other Mediterranean countries in sympatric distribution with legume crops, and determine their virulence and aggressiveness to other wild and domesticated legumes. Native C. judaicum plants exhibited symptoms resembling ascochyta ...

Grain legume crops are a significant component of the human diet and animal feed and have an important role in the environment, but the global diversity of agricultural legume species is currently underexploited. Experimental assessments of grain legume performances are required, to identify potential species with high yields. Here, we introduce a dataset including results of field experiments ...

Little is known about the nature of effective defense mechanisms in legumes to pathogens of remotely related plant species. Some rust species are among pathogens with broad host range causing dramatic losses in various crop plants. To understand and compare the different host and nonhost resistance (NHR) responses of legume species against rusts, we characterized the reaction of the model legum...

Abstract Background Combinations of grasses and nitrogen-fixing legumes are ubiquitous in most natural derived pastoral grasslands. This was not formerly the case New Zealand’s unique indigenous grasslands that now frequently impacted by exotic pasture legumes. Understanding co-existence native plants is broad focus this research. Aims Spillover nitrogen (N) from clovers to diverse well known. ...

Evolutionary relationships were inferred among a worldwide sample of Ascochyta fungi from wild and cultivated legume hosts based on phylogenetic analyses of DNA sequences from the ribosomal internal transcribed spacer regions (ITS), as well as portions of three protein-coding genes: glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate-dehydrogenase (G3PD), translation elongation factor 1-alpha (EF) and chitin synthase 1...

Greenhouse gas emissions from ruminant livestock production systems contribute significantly to the environmental footprint of agriculture. Emissions are lower for feedlot than grass-based primarily because extra time required grass-finished cattle reach slaughter weight. In contrast, legume forages greater quality grasses, which enhances intake and food conversion efficiencies, leading improve...