@article{Maldonado-Méndez:348448,
      recid = {348448},
      author = {Maldonado-Méndez, José de J. and Gálvez-Marroquín, Luis A.  and Guerra-Medina, Cándido E. and Basurto-Gutiérrez,  Ricardo and Escobar-España, José C. and Monterrosa del  Toro, A.},
      title = {Yield and nutritional value of Cenchrus purpureus VC  Maralfalfa grass},
      journal = {Agro Productividad},
      address = {2024-08-08},
      number = {2394-2024-5167},
      month = {Aug},
      year = {2024},
      abstract = {Objective: Characterize the yield traits and nutritional  values of Maralfalfa grass (Pennisetum glaucum L.  P.  purpureum Schumacher), under humid tropical conditions.  Design/methodology/approach: The study was carried out in  the Germplasm Bank from Rosario Izapa  Experimental Unit,  plant height, number of tillers, and fresh herbage and dry  matter production were evaluated. Crude protein, neutral  detergent fiber (NDF), acid detergent fiber (ADF) and in  vitro dry matter digestibility (IVDMD) of grass samples  were determined at 28, 42, 56, 70, 84 and 97 days. Results:  Plant height, number of trillers, and fresh herbage and dry  matter production increased as cutting age increased. In  relation to the nutritional value, the crude protein  content decreased as the cutting age increased, but the NDF  and ADF content increased, consequently, the DVDMS  decreased. Limitations of the study/implications: The study  was carried out in the humid tropics; the evaluation is  required to be carried out under dry tropic conditions.  Findings/conclusions: The appropriate harvest time of  Maralfalfa grass in humid tropical conditions is between 42  and 56 days of regrowth, whereas nutritional values  decrease over time.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/348448},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.348448},
}