Optimizing harvest stage and drying time to enhance yield and nutritive quality of whole-plant Tithonia diversifolia forage meal in arid tropics

Introduction: Tithonia diversifolia, also known as Mexican sunflower, is a tropical shrub with high forage potential, but limited information exists on the optimal harvest stage to balance yield and nutritional value. Methods: A 3 × 3 factorial design was implemented under tropical dry forest condit...

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Main Authors:	Temoche Socola, Victor Alexander, Sessarego Davila, Emmanuel Alexander, Rodríguez Vargas, Aníbal Raúl, Vásquez García, Cesar Alejandro, Riojas, Joel, Ruiz Chamorro, José Antonio, Cruz Luis, Juancarlos Alejandro
Format:	info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Language:	Inglés
Published:	Frontiers Media SA 2025
Subjects:	Nutritive value digestibility Forage potential Phenological stage Leaf-to stem ratio Valor nutritivo Digestibilidad Potencial forrajero Estado fenológico Relación hoja-tallo https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#4.02.01 Tithonia diversifolia; Silvopastoral systems; Sistema silvopascícola; Animal feeding; Alimentación de los animales; Dry matter; Materia seca
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12955/2863 https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2025.1644949