Evaluation of forage yield and quality of sorghum, sudangrass and pearl millet cultivars in Manawatu : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master Agricultural Science in Agronomy at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

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Evaluation of forage yield and quality of sorghum, sudangrass and pearl millet cultivars in Manawatu : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master Agricultural Science in Agronomy at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

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Sorghum, sudangrass and pearl millet are versatile summer forages which are able to be grazed or conserved as silage; however there is little recently published information on the performance of these crops in New Zealand. A trial was carried out at Massey University, Palmerston North, in order to compare forage yields, forage quality, crop morphology and seed quality of four sorghum x sudangrass hybrids (Pac 8421, Pac 8423, Pacific BMR and Bettagraze), two sudangrass (Superdan 2 and Sprint),...

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Thesis

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Masters

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2011

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Silungwe, Davison

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https://hdl.handle.net/10179/3234

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Forage plants / Forage yield / Sorghum / Sudan grass / Pearl millet / Manawatu

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