Effect of maturity at harvest on yield and composition of hybrid grain and forage sorghum silages
dc.citation.epage | 134 | en_US |
dc.citation.spage | 130 | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Smith, R. | |
dc.contributor.author | Bolsen, K. | |
dc.contributor.author | Walter, T. | |
dc.contributor.author | Kirch, B. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-12-08T15:40:53Z | |
dc.date.available | 2010-12-08T15:40:53Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2010-12-08 | |
dc.date.published | 1986 | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Results from two trials indicate that grain sorghums can produce high, whole-crop dry matter yields in a short time. Although grain sorghum whole-crop silage may yield less tonnage than forage sorghum, its higher crude protein and grain-to-forage ratio could more than compensate for the difference. Maximum yields, both whole-crop and grain, were obtained at late-dough maturity in both years. However, since high quality silages were made at each harvest stage, grain sorghums had a relatively long harvest season. Grain sorghums had a dry matter content suitable for ensiling over the range of maturities studied. In addition, their yield and nutrient content reached a plateau at the late-dough and hard-grain stages. | en_US |
dc.description.conference | Cattlemen's Day, 1986, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, March, 1986 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2097/6826 | |
dc.publisher | Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service | en_US |
dc.relation.isPartOf | Cattlemen’s Day, 1986 | en_US |
dc.relation.isPartOf | Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution; no. 86-320-S | en_US |
dc.relation.isPartOf | Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service); 494 | en_US |
dc.subject | Beef | en_US |
dc.subject | Maturity | en_US |
dc.subject | Yield | en_US |
dc.subject | Hybrid grain | en_US |
dc.subject | Forage sorghum silages | en_US |
dc.title | Effect of maturity at harvest on yield and composition of hybrid grain and forage sorghum silages | en_US |
dc.type | Conference paper | en_US |