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VOL. 3, ISSUE 2 (2021)

The nutritional characteristics of two forage legumes Medicago scutellata L and Lotus ornithopodioides L

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Farida Alane

Abstract

Algeria is a country of breeding small ruminants par excellence. The cultivation of legumes is presented as a sustainable economic alternative to imported soybean meal. It is essential to know their specificities in order to make the best use of them within a high-performance ration. The species M scutellata L is earlier than Lotus ornithopodioides L. Medisl pods begin to harden while Lotus ornithopodioides L. is in the early stages of pod formation. The hay yield per square meter is 150.5g / m² for M scutellata L and 204.52g / m² for Lotus ornithopodioides L. The pod yield per square meter is higher for M scutellata, 149g / m² and Lotus ornithopodioides. L. offers 84.44g / m². The pods are drier than the plant at senescence (hay). This will allow a good conservation of the pods with their seeds. The content of total nitrogenous matter (MAT) is far high in the pods compared to the hay that carries them, while in the seed coats, the content of this element approaches that of hay. Lotus ornithopodioides L. in hay provides an average MAT of 9.3% DM. In medics, the average nitrogen content of M. scutellata L hay is 10.16%. The MAT content of M. scutellata pods is 30.97% and the teguments 10.06%. So nitrogen is stored much more in the seeds than in the seed coats of the pods and hay. The fiber rate is high in both organs, the plant in the form of hay and the pods; but between the two genera Lotus and Medicago, the pods of Medicago have more fiber than the pods of the genus Lotus. This is explained by the presence of helices and fibrous spines in species of medicinals. The pods of M. scutellata record 27.63% of CB against 20.53% in the pods of Lotus ornithopodioides L. The hay of the latter species shows a higher rate of 38.62% DM. It can be deduced that grazing hay alone has low nutritional value (little nitrogen and more fiber). The presence of pods will improve it.

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Pages:43-46

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Farida Alane "The nutritional characteristics of two forage legumes Medicago scutellata L and Lotus ornithopodioides L ". International Journal of Agriculture and Plant Science, Vol 3, Issue 2, 2021, Pages 43-46

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