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dc.contributor.authorMwendia, S Wen
dc.contributor.authorYunusa, Isaen
dc.contributor.authorSindel, Brian Men
dc.contributor.authorWhalley, Ralph Den
dc.contributor.authorKariuki, I Wen
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-31T14:30:00Z-
dc.date.issued2017-
dc.identifier.citationExperimental Agriculture, 53(1), p. 27-43en
dc.identifier.issn1469-4441en
dc.identifier.issn0014-4797en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/19907-
dc.description.abstractTen accessions of Napier grass ('Pennisetum purpureum' Schumach.) were evaluated for their dry matter (DM) yield and forage quality in a semi-arid lowland (Katumani) and a relatively wet highland (Muguga) over seven growth cycles from 2011 to 2013 in tropical Kenya. Three biomass yield clusters were identified from the 10 accessions as high-yielding (HYC), medium-yielding (MYC) and low-yielding (LYC) clusters for both sites. Total biomass (shoot and root) yields (t ha-¹) over the seven growth cycles were 25.3 for HYC, 22.2 for MYC and 19.6 for LYC at Katumani and 40.0, 41.4 and 29.1 at Muguga. Total biomass yield averaged over the study period was DM 22.4 t ha-¹ at Katumani and 36.8 at Muguga. Rainfall productivity was higher at Katumani (28.8 kg ha-¹ mm-¹) than 20.8 kg ha-¹ mm-¹ at Muguga. Neutral detergent fibre (NDF) was lower in LYC, which was more leafy than the other clusters and there was little difference in NDF between the two sites.en
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherCambridge University Pressen
dc.relation.ispartofExperimental Agricultureen
dc.titleAssessment of Napier Grass Accessions in Lowland and Highland Tropical Environments in East Africa: Productivity and Forage Qualityen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/S001447971600003Xen
dc.subject.keywordsSustainable Agricultural Developmenten
local.contributor.firstnameS Wen
local.contributor.firstnameIsaen
local.contributor.firstnameBrian Men
local.contributor.firstnameRalph Den
local.contributor.firstnameI Wen
local.subject.for2008070108 Sustainable Agricultural Developmenten
local.subject.seo2008960904 Farmland, Arable Cropland and Permanent Cropland Land Managementen
local.profile.schoolSchool of Environmental and Rural Scienceen
local.profile.schoolSchool of Environmental and Rural Scienceen
local.profile.schoolSchool of Environmental and Rural Scienceen
local.profile.emailmwendia2007@gmail.comen
local.profile.emailiyunusa@une.edu.auen
local.profile.emailbsindel@une.edu.auen
local.profile.emailrwhalley@une.edu.auen
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local.record.institutionUniversity of New Englanden
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local.publisher.placeUnited Kingdomen
local.format.startpage27en
local.format.endpage43en
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local.peerreviewedYesen
local.identifier.volume53en
local.identifier.issue1en
local.title.subtitleProductivity and Forage Qualityen
local.contributor.lastnameMwendiaen
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local.contributor.lastnameSindelen
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local.contributor.lastnameKariukien
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local.title.maintitleAssessment of Napier Grass Accessions in Lowland and Highland Tropical Environments in East Africaen
local.output.categorydescriptionC1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journalen
local.search.authorMwendia, S Wen
local.search.authorYunusa, Isaen
local.search.authorSindel, Brian Men
local.search.authorWhalley, Ralph Den
local.search.authorKariuki, I Wen
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local.year.published2017en
local.fileurl.closedpublishedhttps://rune.une.edu.au/web/retrieve/860aa62a-efc9-4f38-8749-35cf65723fbben
local.subject.for2020300210 Sustainable agricultural developmenten
local.subject.seo2020180603 Evaluation, allocation, and impacts of land useen
local.subject.seo2020180607 Terrestrial erosionen
local.codeupdate.date2022-03-03T11:33:15.715en
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local.original.seo2020180603 Evaluation, allocation, and impacts of land useen
local.original.seo2020180607 Terrestrial erosionen
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