Morphological, chemical and nutritional properties of forage plants in a natural rangeland in Turkey

Ayan İ., Acar Z., MUT H., BAŞARAN U., Asci O.

Bangladesh Journal of Botany, cilt.35, sa.2, ss.133-142, 2006 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 35 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2006
  • Dergi Adı: Bangladesh Journal of Botany
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.133-142
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Forage plants, Mineral content, Morphological properties
  • Bilecik Şeyh Edebali Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Plant length, main stem diameter, root crown diameter, dry weight of root per plant and forage yield per plant of 30 forage plants were examined as morphological characters. A wide range of variation within the same species was observed among morphological characters. Crude protein and crude ash ratios, K, Ca, Mg, P, S, Fe, Zn, Mn contents, K/(Ca+Mg), Ca/P and N/S ratios of the plants were examined. The crude protein and crude ash ratios of the plants ranged between 5.81 to 16.32%, 7.05 to 14.68%, respectively. K, P, Mg and Ca contents of plants ranged between 0.96 to 3.67, 0.17 to 0.49, 0.01 to 1.19 and 0.45 to 2.79%, respectively. The values for Fe, Zn and Mn contents of plants ranged between 132.4-815.2, 12.37-68.0 and 21.7-138.4 ppm, respectively. Ca/P, N/S and K/(Ca+Mg) ratios of plant samples were 1.17-10.38, 1.35-7.75 and 0.36-4.73, respectively.