New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research abstracts

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Prospects for improving the nutritive value of temperate, perennial pasture grasses

B. A. STONE

School of Biochemistry

La Trobe University

Bundoora, Vic. 3083, Australia

Abstract  In this review, the impact of chemical, physical, and morphological characteristics of pasture grasses that affect their nutritive value either through voluntary food intake (palatability, leaf/stem ratio, plant habit, dimensions of stems and leaves) and/or feed utilisation (cellular and cell wall constituents, anatomy and morphology, leaf and stem strength, anti-nutrients, and toxins) are summarised and the potential for improvement by selection or other means is discussed.

Keywords  temperate perennial pasture grasses; nutritive value; voluntary food intake; feed utilisation

New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research, 1994, Vol. 37: 349-363

0028-8233/94/3703-0349 $2.50/0 (c) The Royal Society of New Zealand 1994

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