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by Ricardo Alonso Sánchez-Gutiérrez SciProfilesScilitPreprints.orgGoogle Scholar Héctor Gutiérrez-Bañuelos SciProfilesScilitPreprints.orgGoogle Scholar Alan Álvarez-Holguín SciProfilesScilitPreprints.orgGoogle Scholar Edith Ramírez-Segura SciProfilesScilitPreprints.orgGoogle Scholar Alberto Muro-Reyes SciProfilesScilitPreprints.orgGoogle Scholar Luis Cuauhtémoc Muñoz-Salas SciProfilesScilitPreprints.orgGoogle Scholar Daniel García-Cervantes SciProfilesScilitPreprints.orgGoogle Scholar Francisco Guadalupe Echavarría-Cháirez SciProfilesScilitPreprints.orgGoogle Scholar
Ricardo Alonso Sánchez-Gutiérrez
, Héctor Gutiérrez-Bañuelos, Alan Álvarez-Holguín, 
Edith Ramírez-SeguraAlberto Muro-ReyesLuis Cuauhtémoc Muñoz-SalasDaniel García-CervantesFrancisco Guadalupe Echavarría-Cháirez
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Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias (INIFAP), Calera de V.R., Zacatecas C.P. 98000, Mexico
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Unidad Académica de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas Francisco García Salinas, Carretera Zacatecas-Fresnillo km 31.5, El Cordovel, Enrique Estrada, Zacatecas C.P. 98500, Mexico
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Facultad de Zootecnia y Ecología, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, Periférico Francisco R. Aldama km 1, Chihuahua C.P. 31453, Mexico
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Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias (INIFAP), Centro Nacional de Investigación Disciplinaria en Agricultura Familiar, Carretera Ojuelos-Lagos de Moreno, Ojuelos de Jalisco C.P. 47540, Mexico
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Agronomy 2024, 14(6), 1224; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14061224
Submission received: 19 April 2024/Revised: 27 May 2024/Accepted: 30 May 2024/Published: 5 June 2024
(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Role of Forage and Grasslands in Ruminant Nutrition and Sustainable Development)
Abstract
The objective was to determine the forage production and nutritional quality of six buffel grass ecotypes in vegetative and physiological maturity stages. The experiment was carried out at the Los Cañones Experimental Station in Zacatecas, Mexico. The ecotypes were as follows: E-42, E-45, E-66, E-72, E-S245, and the Titan variety as a control. The experiment design was a completely randomized block with three replications, and the evaluation years were from 2020 to 2022. The variables measured were as follows: plant height (PH), dry matter yield (DMY), leaf (Lf) and stem-inflorescence (St), crude protein (CP), neutral (NDF), and acid detergent fiber (ADF). Pearson’s correlation and a combined analysis of variance were performed for each growth stage. A correlation analysis showed significant relationships (p < 0.05) between variables. In the vegetative stage, ecotypes E-42, E-45, and E-S45 showed accumulations of over 12% of CP, which were higher (p < 0.05) than the ones for Titan. Low values of E-S245 (p < 0.05) for NDF (63.44%) and ADF (44.49%) stood out among all ecotypes. In the maturity stage, Titan was surpassed by E-45 and E-S245 with CP higher than 4%. The neutral and acid fibers in E-42, E-45, and E-S245 were less than in Titan (p < 0.05). Ecotypes E-42 and E-S245 are alternatives to improve feed efficiency in the dry subtropical climate of Zacatecas.
Keywords: forage production; nutritional quality; crude protein; buffel grass; vegetative; maturity
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Sánchez-Gutiérrez, R.A.; Gutiérrez-Bañuelos, H.; Álvarez-Holguín, A.; Ramírez-Segura, E.; Muro-Reyes, A.; Muñoz-Salas, L.C.; García-Cervantes, D.; Echavarría-Cháirez, F.G.Buffel Grass (Pennisetum ciliare) Ecotypes Suitable for Subtropical Livestock in the North Central Region of Mexico. Agronomy 2024, 14, 1224.https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14061224
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Sánchez-Gutiérrez RA, Gutiérrez-Bañuelos H, Álvarez-Holguín A, Ramírez-Segura E, Muro-Reyes A, Muñoz-Salas LC, García-Cervantes D, Echavarría-Cháirez FG.Buffel Grass (Pennisetum ciliare) Ecotypes Suitable for Subtropical Livestock in the North Central Region of Mexico. Agronomy. 2024; 14(6):1224.https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14061224
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Sánchez-Gutiérrez, Ricardo Alonso, Héctor Gutiérrez-Bañuelos, Alan Álvarez-Holguín, Edith Ramírez-Segura, Alberto Muro-Reyes, Luis Cuauhtémoc Muñoz-Salas, Daniel García-Cervantes, and Francisco Guadalupe Echavarría-Cháirez.2024. "Buffel Grass (Pennisetum ciliare) Ecotypes Suitable for Subtropical Livestock in the North Central Region of Mexico" Agronomy 14, no. 6: 1224.https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14061224
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Sánchez-Gutiérrez, R.A.; Gutiérrez-Bañuelos, H.; Álvarez-Holguín, A.; Ramírez-Segura, E.; Muro-Reyes, A.; Muñoz-Salas, L.C.; García-Cervantes, D.; Echavarría-Cháirez, F.G.Buffel Grass (Pennisetum ciliare) Ecotypes Suitable for Subtropical Livestock in the North Central Region of Mexico. Agronomy 2024, 14, 1224.https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14061224
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Sánchez-Gutiérrez RA, Gutiérrez-Bañuelos H, Álvarez-Holguín A, Ramírez-Segura E, Muro-Reyes A, Muñoz-Salas LC, García-Cervantes D, Echavarría-Cháirez FG.Buffel Grass (Pennisetum ciliare) Ecotypes Suitable for Subtropical Livestock in the North Central Region of Mexico. Agronomy. 2024; 14(6):1224.https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14061224
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Sánchez-Gutiérrez, Ricardo Alonso, Héctor Gutiérrez-Bañuelos, Alan Álvarez-Holguín, Edith Ramírez-Segura, Alberto Muro-Reyes, Luis Cuauhtémoc Muñoz-Salas, Daniel García-Cervantes, and Francisco Guadalupe Echavarría-Cháirez.2024. "Buffel Grass (Pennisetum ciliare) Ecotypes Suitable for Subtropical Livestock in the North Central Region of Mexico" Agronomy 14, no. 6: 1224.https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14061224
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