Three catch crop species, ryegrass, forage rape and black oat, were grown between successive rotations of maize to reduce nitrogen leaching due fertilization with digested dairy manure. Catch crops showed a high nutrient uptake, but wide range, depending on the year specie. Ensiling was shown be feasible storing method increasing methane production per hectare 14–36% compared fresh crop. In sem...

Two F2 populations segregating for biomass yield and forage quality traits were developed from two separate crosses of tropically adapted maize inbred lines. The parental, F1 generations both evaluated to estimate broad sense heritability, genetic advance correlations these suggest the best as selection criteria towards breeding with high quality.In Cross 1, trait highest broad-sense heritabili...

Forage feedstock is the greatest source of energy for livestock. Unfortunately, less than 50% their fiber content actually digested and assimilated by ruminant animals. This recalcitrance mainly due to high concentration plant cell wall material limited digestion microorganisms. A Genome-Wide Association Study (GWAS) was carried out in order identify Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) assoc...