Agronomic behaviour and chemical composition of three varieties of Pennisetum sp in the Peruvian Tropics

Livestock production in the Peruvian tropics is mainly based on grazing and cutting grasses, which have variable productive and nutritional characteristics according to the variety of grasses, agronomic management, and climatic conditions. The objective of this research was to compare the agronomic...

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Autores principales: Watanabe Escobedo, Enrique Susumu, Juancho Ramirez, Ronald, Alvarado Atanacio, Carlos Enrique, López Rengifo, Debora, Injante Silva, Pedro Hugo, Ampuero Trigoso, Gustavo, Saucedo Uriarte, José Américo
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12955/2363
https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/2761851
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author Watanabe Escobedo, Enrique Susumu
Juancho Ramirez, Ronald
Alvarado Atanacio, Carlos Enrique
López Rengifo, Debora
Injante Silva, Pedro Hugo
Ampuero Trigoso, Gustavo
Saucedo Uriarte, José Américo
author_browse Alvarado Atanacio, Carlos Enrique
Ampuero Trigoso, Gustavo
Injante Silva, Pedro Hugo
Juancho Ramirez, Ronald
López Rengifo, Debora
Saucedo Uriarte, José Américo
Watanabe Escobedo, Enrique Susumu
author_facet Watanabe Escobedo, Enrique Susumu
Juancho Ramirez, Ronald
Alvarado Atanacio, Carlos Enrique
López Rengifo, Debora
Injante Silva, Pedro Hugo
Ampuero Trigoso, Gustavo
Saucedo Uriarte, José Américo
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description Livestock production in the Peruvian tropics is mainly based on grazing and cutting grasses, which have variable productive and nutritional characteristics according to the variety of grasses, agronomic management, and climatic conditions. The objective of this research was to compare the agronomic behaviour and chemical composition of three varieties of Pennisetum sp (Pennisetum purpureum Schum cv. Cameroon or Cameroon grass, Pennisetum sp. or Maralfalfa, and Pennisetum purpureum × Pennisetum typhoides or King grass). The experiment was carried out at the Estación Experimental Agraria “Campo Verde,” Ucayali, Peru, under a randomized complete block design (RCBD) with a 3 (Pennisetum sp. variety) × 3 (cutting age) factorial arrangement and 4 replicates each. Thirty-six subplots were installed, and treatments were randomly assigned, using vegetative seed with three buds each. Measurements of agronomic behaviour and chemical analysis were carried out in the 8th, 12th, and 16th week. The data were subjected to ANOVA and multiple comparisons with the Duncan and Kruskal–Wallis tests ( < 0.05) and correlations using Pearson coefficients ( < 0.05). The agronomic behaviour did not vary between Pennisetum sp. varieties, but according to cutting age, Cameroon grass produced greater plant height, biomass, dry matter, and Mg content at the 8th week. The highest concentrations of N (2.38 ± 0.11%), P (0.18 ± 0.01%), and Ca (0.70 ± 0.03%) were recorded at the 8th week, Zn (27.33 ± 1.91 mg/kg) at the 12th week, and Mg (0.26 ± 0.02%) at the 16th week. A negative correlation was found between biomass and the stem-leaf ratio at the 12th week because the first leaves of plants died, but the stems increased in size. It is concluded that, at an early cutting age in varieties of Pennisetum sp., lower biomass and dry matter result, but higher content of N, P, Ca, and Fe; and at a late cutting age, it shows greater biomass, dry matter, Cu, and Mg content.
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spelling INIA23632023-10-30T15:20:08Z Agronomic behaviour and chemical composition of three varieties of Pennisetum sp in the Peruvian Tropics Watanabe Escobedo, Enrique Susumu Juancho Ramirez, Ronald Alvarado Atanacio, Carlos Enrique López Rengifo, Debora Injante Silva, Pedro Hugo Ampuero Trigoso, Gustavo Saucedo Uriarte, José Américo Agronomic behaviour Chemical composition Varieties Pennisetum sp https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#4.01.06 Chemical composition Composición química Pennisetum Varieties Variedades Livestock production in the Peruvian tropics is mainly based on grazing and cutting grasses, which have variable productive and nutritional characteristics according to the variety of grasses, agronomic management, and climatic conditions. The objective of this research was to compare the agronomic behaviour and chemical composition of three varieties of Pennisetum sp (Pennisetum purpureum Schum cv. Cameroon or Cameroon grass, Pennisetum sp. or Maralfalfa, and Pennisetum purpureum × Pennisetum typhoides or King grass). The experiment was carried out at the Estación Experimental Agraria “Campo Verde,” Ucayali, Peru, under a randomized complete block design (RCBD) with a 3 (Pennisetum sp. variety) × 3 (cutting age) factorial arrangement and 4 replicates each. Thirty-six subplots were installed, and treatments were randomly assigned, using vegetative seed with three buds each. Measurements of agronomic behaviour and chemical analysis were carried out in the 8th, 12th, and 16th week. The data were subjected to ANOVA and multiple comparisons with the Duncan and Kruskal–Wallis tests ( < 0.05) and correlations using Pearson coefficients ( < 0.05). The agronomic behaviour did not vary between Pennisetum sp. varieties, but according to cutting age, Cameroon grass produced greater plant height, biomass, dry matter, and Mg content at the 8th week. The highest concentrations of N (2.38 ± 0.11%), P (0.18 ± 0.01%), and Ca (0.70 ± 0.03%) were recorded at the 8th week, Zn (27.33 ± 1.91 mg/kg) at the 12th week, and Mg (0.26 ± 0.02%) at the 16th week. A negative correlation was found between biomass and the stem-leaf ratio at the 12th week because the first leaves of plants died, but the stems increased in size. It is concluded that, at an early cutting age in varieties of Pennisetum sp., lower biomass and dry matter result, but higher content of N, P, Ca, and Fe; and at a late cutting age, it shows greater biomass, dry matter, Cu, and Mg content. 2023-10-30T15:20:06Z 2023-10-30T15:20:06Z 2023-10-23 info:eu-repo/semantics/article Watanabe, E.; Juancho, R.; Alvarado, C.; López, D.; Injante, P.; Ampuero, G.; & Saucedo, J. (2023). Agronomic behaviour and chemical composition of three varieties of Pennisetum sp in the Peruvian Tropics. International Journal of Agronomy, 2761851. doi: 10.1155/2023/2761851 1687-8167 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12955/2363 https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/2761851 eng urn:issn:1687-8167 International Journal of Agronomy info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ application/pdf application/pdf Hindawi US Instituto Nacional de Innovación Agraria Repositorio Institucional - INIA
spellingShingle Agronomic behaviour
Chemical composition
Varieties
Pennisetum sp
https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#4.01.06
Chemical composition
Composición química
Pennisetum
Varieties
Variedades
Watanabe Escobedo, Enrique Susumu
Juancho Ramirez, Ronald
Alvarado Atanacio, Carlos Enrique
López Rengifo, Debora
Injante Silva, Pedro Hugo
Ampuero Trigoso, Gustavo
Saucedo Uriarte, José Américo
Agronomic behaviour and chemical composition of three varieties of Pennisetum sp in the Peruvian Tropics
title Agronomic behaviour and chemical composition of three varieties of Pennisetum sp in the Peruvian Tropics
title_full Agronomic behaviour and chemical composition of three varieties of Pennisetum sp in the Peruvian Tropics
title_fullStr Agronomic behaviour and chemical composition of three varieties of Pennisetum sp in the Peruvian Tropics
title_full_unstemmed Agronomic behaviour and chemical composition of three varieties of Pennisetum sp in the Peruvian Tropics
title_short Agronomic behaviour and chemical composition of three varieties of Pennisetum sp in the Peruvian Tropics
title_sort agronomic behaviour and chemical composition of three varieties of pennisetum sp in the peruvian tropics
topic Agronomic behaviour
Chemical composition
Varieties
Pennisetum sp
https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#4.01.06
Chemical composition
Composición química
Pennisetum
Varieties
Variedades
url https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12955/2363
https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/2761851
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