Breeding small grains for forage production in the southern Great Plains of the USA

摘要：

Agricultural income in the southern Great Plains of USA is largely dependent on livestock and forage production.Livestock producers in this region do not have much choice but to graze their animals during the fall and winter seasons. Thus,distribution of forage yield is as important as the total forage yield.Small grains grown under cooler conditions also have superior forage quality (Maloney et al.1999).The main focus of Noble Foundations small grain breeding program is to develop improved cultivars with potential for early fall-winter forage production.The crops of our choice are rye,triticale,wheat,and oat.

关键词： forage yield rye wheat oat

作者: M.C.Saha J.L.Baker J.Black A.A.Hopkins J.H.Bouton

作者单位: Forage Improvement Division,Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation,Inc.,2510 Sam Noble Parkway,Ardmore,OK 73401,USA

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 2008世界草地与草原大会

会议地点: 呼和浩特

会议语种:英文

在线出版日期: 2008-06-29（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）