The nutritive value of triticale distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) for broilers was investigated in 2 experiments. In experiment 1, four hundred male broilers housed in battery cages were fed diets including 15 or 30% triticale DDGS (extruded or not) or a basal diet, supplemented with or without a multi-enzyme complex from d 21 to 28. Birds were killed and ileal digesta was collected...

Abiotic stress experienced by autumn-sown crops during winter is of great economic importance as it can have a severe negative impact on yield. In this study, we investigated the genetic architecture of winter hardiness and frost tolerance in triticale. To this end, we used a large mapping population of 647 DH lines phenotyped for both traits in combination with genome-wide marker data. Employi...

An investigation was conducted to evaluate the management effect of feeding triticale on the performance of crossbred feedlot cattle. Steers were weighed at fortnightly intervals until 83 days. Steers were weighed at 0700hr and fed upon (7 animals/treatment) at weighing on d 0, 20, 40, and 83 of the trial. Measurements were made of daily feed intake, average daily gain, body weight gain and fee...

Early strategies of crop growth and N acquisition can be critical for determining competitive interactions between weeds and crops. Grain legumes and especially lupins are known to be poor competitors against weeds. Grain legumes are known to have low mineral soil N uptake abilities. However, inter- and intraspecific differences in N uptake ability in relation to below-ground traits have receiv...

Purpose and objectives. The purpose was to evaluate the adaptability stability of spring triticale varieties breeding lines for yield expression valuable economic characteristics in environmental trials identify best genotypes with a set features.
 Materials methods. We studied 13 (2020–2021) two different agroclimatic environments (Eastern Forest-Steppe [PPI] transitional zone from forest...

Amino acid level is well known indicator of plant resistance to aphids. Our earlier studies showed that grain aphid (Sitobion avenae F.) infestation caused changes in the activity of the enzymes connected with amino acid biosynthesis and the transformation to defensive secondary metabolites within triticale tissues. However, there are not data on the significance of aminotransferases in these p...

Utility of cereals is mainly defined by their composition. High content of extractable dietary fibre (DF) with retained molecular features may be desired for human consumption to derive certain benefits associated with DF. In contrast, low amount of extractable DF with degraded molecules will give higher feed value to cereals intended for animal feed. This thesis investigated the composition of...