Forage Quality

Moyer JL, Coffey KP (2000) Forage quality and production of small grains interseeded into ber-mudagrass sod or grown in monoculture. Agron J 92 748-753 Muller CH (1966) The role of chemical inhibition (allelopathy) in vegetational composition. Bull Torrey Bot Club 93 332-351... 

S. L. Tisdale, Sulphur in Forage Quality and Ruminant Nutrition, Technical Bubetin 22, The Sulphur Institute, Washington, D.C., 1977. 

Chemey, J. H., Axtell, J. D., Hassen, M. M., and Anliker, K. S., 1988, Forage quality characterization of a chemically induced brown-midrib mutant in pearl millet, Crop Sci. 28 783-787. 

Examples of the use of Py-MS or Py-GC-MS for the characterization of mutants in which lignin biosynthesis was disrupted can be found in Vermerris and Boon (2001) and Bout and Vermerris (2003), whereas Fontaine et al. (2003) used Py-GC-MS to investigate the chemical basis of forage quality. 

Reddy MSS, Chen F, Shadle G, Jackson L, Aljoe H, Dixon RA. 2005. Targeted down-regulation of cytochrome P450 enzymes for forage quality improvement in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 102 16573-16578. 

Feeding Value and Forage Quality of Jerusalem Artichoke Tops and Tubers Compared to Alfalfa and Corn Silage... 

Seiler, G.J. (1986) Forage quality of selected wild sunflower species. Agron. J., 78, 1059-1064. 

The significant correlation between IVDMD for forage and ethanol production in these results indicate that breeding for improved forage quality via IVDMD may be sufficient for selection of improved feedstock for ethanol. More work is required to determine whether selecting for lignin content or ADL would be an effective indirect method of measuring for conversion efficiency. 

Fahey G C, Collins M, Mertens D R and Moser L E 1994 Forage Quality, Evaluation and Utilization, Lexington, KY, American Society of Agronomy. 

McLeod, M.N., 1974, Plant tannins Their role in forage quality,... 

G. C. Marten, J. S. Shenk, I. F. E. Barton. 1989. Near Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy (NIRS Analysis of Forage Quality (Handbook No. 643). Agriculture Flandbook No. 643. Springfield, VA National Technical Information Service. 

E. R. Deaville, P. C. Flinn. Near infrared (NIR) spectroscopy an alternative approach for the estimation of forage quality and voluntary intake. In Forage Evaluation in Ruminant Nutrition, D. I. Givens, E. Owen, R. F. E. Axford, H. M. Qmedi, eds. CABI Publishing UK, 301-320, 2000. 

J. S. Shenk, M. O. Westerhaus, M. R. Hoover, K. M. Mayberry, and H. K. Goering, Predicting Forage Quality by Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy, in Proc. 2nd Int. Green Crop Drying Conf, University of Saskatchewan, 1978, pp. 292-299. 

S. W. Coleman, F. E. Barton n, and R. D. Meyer, Calibration of a Near-Infrared Spectrometer for Prediction of Forage Quality, Oklahoma State University A Exper. Station, June 1982, pp. 104—105. 

D. Burdick, F. E. Barton n, and B. D. Nelson, Rapid Determination of Forage Quality with a Near Infrared Filter Spectrometer, in Pwc. 36th Southern Pasture a Forage Crop Improvement Conf, BeltsviUe, Maryland, May 1979, pp. 81-86. 

T. H. Blosser, High-Moisture Feedstuffs, Including Silage, in G C. Marten, F. E. Barton II, and J. S. Shenk (Eds.), Near infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS) Analysis of forage quality. USDA Agr. Hdbk. No. 643, 1985, pp. 56-57. 

J. Workman, Near Infrared Spectroscopy A Comparison of Random Versus Spectrally Selected Calibration Sets for Use in Forage Quality Evaluation, in Proc. Forage and Grasslands Conf, Athens, Georgia, Am. For. Grass. Conn., Lexington, KY, pp. 132-136 (1986). 

---