warm-season bunch grass native to the eastern United States and is still often found east of Kansas and Oklahoma. This highly productive grass is best adapted to wet habitats; and remnant colonies are commonly found in flood plains and along stream banks. Eastern gamagrass is a relative of field corn (Zea mays) and is characterized by numerous short, well-developed rhizomes. Lower culm internod...

Bush encroachment is an increase in woody plant density typically resulting in impenetrable thickets, suppressing palatable grasses and herbs. Moreover, bush encroachment is a globally observed phenomenon. Besides, increasing the density of unpalatable shrubs and trees has reduced the carrying capacity and threatens the sustainability of grazing animal production, especially in arid and semi-ar...

This study on the feeding behavior of sheep carried out at animal park Faculty Agronomy Abdou Moumouni University Niamey made it possible to evaluate preference six spontaneous forage herbaceous plants in sheep. These are two legumes Alysicarpus ovalifolius and Zornia glochidiata four grasses including Cenchrus biflorus, Panicum laetum, Pennisetum pedicellatum Schizachyrium exile. were harveste...

Dieting to control body weight involves cycles of deprivation from palatable food that can promote compulsive eating. The present study shows that rats withdrawn from intermittent access to palatable food exhibit overeating of palatable food upon renewed access and an affective withdrawal-like state characterized by corticotropin-releasing factor-1 (CRF(1)) receptor antagonist-reversible behavi...

We assessed vegetation cover density and distribution in Eastern Jordanian rangeland reserves (2411 km2) using a series of Landsat images (34 year’s period) ground survey (2020) to identify proper sites for reintroducing Arabian Oryx (Oryx leucoryx). The natural were Burqu Nature Reserve site-1, site-2 (Dmetheh), Al Dahek Reserve. Satellite sensor data from Landsat-8-OLI Landsat- 5-TM used deri...

Lesions of the area postrema and adjacent nucleus of the solitary tract (AP lesions) cause rats to consume increased amounts of palatable food in short duration tests. Because the lateral parabrachial nucleus (lPBN) receives a prominent afferent projection from the AP and adjacent nucleus of the solitary tract, it is possible the lPBN plays a role in the altered ingestive behaviors observed in ...

BACKGROUND Restricting children's access to palatable foods may appeal to parents as a straightforward means of promoting moderate intakes of foods high in fat and sugar; however, restricting access to palatable foods may have unintended effects on children's eating. The efficacy of restricting children's access to palatable foods as a means of promoting patterns of moderate intake of those foo...

Grazing of Echinopogon spp. by livestock in Australia has caused symptoms similar to those of perennial ryegrass staggers. We observed an endophytic fungus in the intercellular spaces of the leaves and seeds of New Zealand and Australian specimens of Echinopogon ovatus. Culture of surface-sterilized seeds from New Zealand specimens yielded a slow-growing fungus. An examination in which immunobl...

Aim We assessed the role of mowing machinery and endozoochory by migratory sheep as dispersal vectors in semi-natural grasslands comparing species compositions traits found to regional above-ground vegetation soil seed bank. Furthermore, we discuss how their interplay may affect conservation grasslands. Location Rhön Mountains, central Europe. Methods Plant material from mowers (n = 12 one date...