The Effect of Chicken Manure on the Yield and Nutritive Value of Fodder Sorghum Sudanese Under Rain-fed Conditions

Authors

  • Mohammed Fatur College of Animal Production, University of Bahari, Khartoum, Sudan.
  • Asma Himmed Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, GadarifUniversity, Sudan
  • Abu bakr Ismail Faculty of Agriculture, Sinnar University, Sudan.
  • Hafiz Ali
  • Magda Elmahdi

Keywords:

Chicken manure, Fertilization, Nutritive value, Sudan grass, Forage yield.

Abstract

This experiment was conducted in the field of Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Gadarif, in the autumn season in year (2014-2015). The aim of this experiment was to study the effect of fertilization by chicken manure in the production and nutritive value of fodder Sudan grass (Grawia) under rain-fed conditions. A completely randomized design was used, with three treatments and three replicates per treatment. Three levels of chicken manure namely, 0, 3.3 and 6.7 tons/ha were used. Parameters measured were dry and fresh yield, numbers of leaves/ plant, plant height (cm), diameter of the stem (cm) and the chemical analysis. The results revealed that as chicken manure increased the fresh and dry matter weight increased but the difference was not reach the significant level.

The highest forage dry matter yield (1.83kg/m2) was recorded for the highest level of chicken manure applied (6.7tons/ha) compared to 0.67kg/m2 for the control. The highest forage fresh yield (4.53kg/m2) was recorded for the highest level of chicken manure applied (6.7 tons/ha) compared to 2.17kg/m2 for the control. There was no significance difference among treatments in the number of leaves/ plant and diameter of the stem but there was higher significance difference (P<0.001) in height of the plant. The chicken manure significantly affected Ash, CP, CF and NFE and there was no significant effect on DM and EE. Application of chicken manure significantly improved the nutritive value of Sudan grass by increasing the crude protein content.

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2015-12-17

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Fatur, M., Himmed, A., Ismail, A. bakr, Ali, H., & Elmahdi, M. (2015). The Effect of Chicken Manure on the Yield and Nutritive Value of Fodder Sorghum Sudanese Under Rain-fed Conditions. International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research (IJSBAR), 24(7), 143–149. Retrieved from https://gssrr.org/index.php/JournalOfBasicAndApplied/article/view/5027

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