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dc.contributor.authorQamar, I.A.
dc.contributor.authorKeatinge, J.D.H.
dc.contributor.authorMohammad, N.
dc.contributor.authorAli, A.
dc.contributor.authorKhan, M.A.
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-04T11:23:35Z
dc.date.available2019-12-04T11:23:35Z
dc.date.issued1999
dc.identifier.citationQamar, I.A., Keatinge, J.D.H., Mohammad, N., Ali, A. & Khan, M.A. (1999). Introduction and management of vetch/barley forage mixtures in the rainfed areas of Pakistan. 1. Forage yield. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research, 50(1), 1-10.
dc.identifier.issn0004-9409
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/4053
dc.description.abstractTo investigate the introduction of vetch/barley forage mixtures with a range of harvesting treatments in the winter season of Mediterranean-type environments, studies were carried out during 1994–97 at the National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC), Islamabad, which has an annual rainfall of around 1000 mm, and at a much drier site at the Arid Zone Research Centre (AZRC) at Quetta in Pakistan, which has an annual rainfall of around (223 mm). Common vetch (V), barley (B), and their mixtures at seed ratios of V75B25, V50B50, and V25B75 were sown and 3 harvest time treatments (pre-flowering, full flowering, and maturity) were imposed. At NARC, there were significant differences (P < 0·01) in dry matter production between crop mixture ratios and between different harvest times. Mixtures of vetch and barley were generally more productive than any of the sole crops, with the yield of the best mixture V75B25 (7·6 t/ha) being almost twice as productive as sole vetch. Productivity at the full flowering stage was lower (5·3 t/ha) than that recorded at maturity (7·0 t/ha) and for the dual-cut pre-flowering harvest treatment (6·2 t/ha). At AZRC, the same trends as at NARC were observed but with lower yields because of the substantially lower and less well distributed rainfall and suboptimal temperatures. The highest dry matter was obtained with the treatment V75B25 (3·3 t/ha), which was approximately 50% higher in yield than sole vetch or sole barley (around 2 t/ha). Dry matter was highest at the maturity stage (3·2 t/ha) and lowest at the flowering stage (2·3 t/ha), except in the sole vetch crop which was lowest in yield at the pre-flowering stage (2·7 t/ha), implying a minor interaction between seed mixture and harvesting stage.
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectDry Matter
dc.subjectAnimal Feed Crops
dc.subjectForage
dc.subjectBarley
dc.subjectAgricultural Resources
dc.titleIntroduction and management of vetch/barley forage mixtures in the rainfed areas of Pakistan 1. Forage yield
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.description.versionPeer Review
cg.contributor.affiliationNational Agricultural Research Centre, Pakistan
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Reading
cg.contributor.affiliationArid Zone Research Centre, Pakistan
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.coverage.regionAsia
cg.coverage.regionSouth Asia
cg.coverage.countryPakistan
cg.coverage.countryAustralia
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country institute
cg.iitasubjectClimate Change
cg.iitasubjectFarm Management
cg.accessibilitystatusLimited Access
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