Decomposition in the soil, of different botanical fractions of maize stover, treated with urine and/or urea
Treatment of low quality roughaghes such as maize stover with urea to increase feeding value for livestock is a widely tested technology in the tropics. However, the high cost of treatment has led to little uptake by farmers, for fodder improvement. This experiment investigated wheather urea treatme...
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British Society of Animal Science
1998
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| author | Methu, J.N. Tanner, J.C. Owen, E. Lekasi, J.K. |
| author_browse | Lekasi, J.K. Methu, J.N. Owen, E. Tanner, J.C. |
| author_facet | Methu, J.N. Tanner, J.C. Owen, E. Lekasi, J.K. |
| author_sort | Methu, J.N. |
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| description | Treatment of low quality roughaghes such as maize stover with urea to increase feeding value for livestock is a widely tested technology in the tropics. However, the high cost of treatment has led to little uptake by farmers, for fodder improvement. This experiment investigated wheather urea treatment could also increase the rate of decomposition of stover in soils and thus increase nutrient turnover in smallholdings. The experiment also looked at rates of decomposition of different botanical components of maize stover, bearing in mind that refusals from a high offer rate feeding strategy one likely to be dominanted by stem. |
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| spelling | CGSpace503532021-08-09T07:05:07Z Decomposition in the soil, of different botanical fractions of maize stover, treated with urine and/or urea Methu, J.N. Tanner, J.C. Owen, E. Lekasi, J.K. zea mays stover degradation soil urea urine nutritive value feed processing Treatment of low quality roughaghes such as maize stover with urea to increase feeding value for livestock is a widely tested technology in the tropics. However, the high cost of treatment has led to little uptake by farmers, for fodder improvement. This experiment investigated wheather urea treatment could also increase the rate of decomposition of stover in soils and thus increase nutrient turnover in smallholdings. The experiment also looked at rates of decomposition of different botanical components of maize stover, bearing in mind that refusals from a high offer rate feeding strategy one likely to be dominanted by stem. 1998 2014-10-31T06:09:06Z 2014-10-31T06:09:06Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/50353 en Limited Access British Society of Animal Science |
| spellingShingle | zea mays stover degradation soil urea urine nutritive value feed processing Methu, J.N. Tanner, J.C. Owen, E. Lekasi, J.K. Decomposition in the soil, of different botanical fractions of maize stover, treated with urine and/or urea |
| title | Decomposition in the soil, of different botanical fractions of maize stover, treated with urine and/or urea |
| title_full | Decomposition in the soil, of different botanical fractions of maize stover, treated with urine and/or urea |
| title_fullStr | Decomposition in the soil, of different botanical fractions of maize stover, treated with urine and/or urea |
| title_full_unstemmed | Decomposition in the soil, of different botanical fractions of maize stover, treated with urine and/or urea |
| title_short | Decomposition in the soil, of different botanical fractions of maize stover, treated with urine and/or urea |
| title_sort | decomposition in the soil of different botanical fractions of maize stover treated with urine and or urea |
| topic | zea mays stover degradation soil urea urine nutritive value feed processing |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/50353 |
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