All India Coordinated Research Project on Forage Crops and Utilization, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri-413 722, Dist.-Ahmednagar
Online published on 26 August, 2016.
The cereal fodder varieties, cultivated in Maharashtra, were rated in the order of Phule Ruchira > Phule Amruta > African Tall > Phule Godhan > Phule Jaywant > Phule Gowardhan on the basis of palatability and nutritional composition. Cultivars containing lowest acid detergent fibre and neutral detergent fibre and highest in vitro dry matter digestibility were most palatable.
Forage crop, palatability, nutritional
