Yield and nutritive value of four napier (pennisetum purpureum) cultivars at different harvesting ages

• Main Authors: Mohamad Zaihan Zailan, Yaakub, H, Jusoh, S
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Science Hub 2016
• Subjects: SB129-130 Harvesting, curing, storage; SB183-317 Field crops Including cereals, forage crops, grasses, legumes, root crops, sugar plants, textile plants, alkaloidal plants, medicinal plants
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30962/2/Yield%20and%20nutritive%20value%20of%20four%20napier%20%28pennisetum%20purpureum%29%20cultivars%20at%20different%20harvesting%20ages-ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30962/1/Yield%20and%20nutritive%20value%20of%20four%20Napier%20%28Pennisetum%20purpureum%29%20cultivars%20at%20different%20harvesting%20ages.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30962/; https://scihub.org/media/abjna/pdf/2016/09/ABJNA-7-5-213-219-1.pdf; http://doi.org/10.5251/abjna.2016.7.5.213.219

An experiment was conducted to assess the yield and nutritive value of four Napier (Pennisetum purpureum) cultivars (Common, Silver, Red and Dwarf Napier) harvested at three different ages (4th, 6th and 8th weeks old). The interaction of cultivars and harvesting ages (P<0.05) was observed on dry...