S. K. Arora ¹, Y. P. Luthra ¹, Bhagwan Das ¹

Affiliations
1 Chemical Laboratories, Haryana Agricultural University, Hissar, IN

Abstract

The leaf stem ratio has been widely used as a criterion in the selection of new forage varieties. Mowat et al have observed that the IVDMD of the immature stems of timothy, orchard grass and brome grass was higher than that of the leaves, while Minson et al Pritchard et al and Terry and Tilley have shown that digestibility of leaves and stems of immature grasses is similar.

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S. K. Arora ¹, Y. P. Luthra ¹

Affiliations
1 Haryana Agricultural University, Hissar, IN

Abstract

Sorghum is one of the important cereal crops in India after wheat and rice. Its slightly lower feed value than corn, has made quality improvement a major concern of many breeders. Virupaksha and Sastry, Chandra et al, Deosthale et al and Austin et al reported differences in protein and amino acid contents of promising Indian varieties of sorghum. Arora and Luthra reported variation in the tannin contents in seeds of forage sorghum and observed significant negative relationship with starch.

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