Adaptability and Sustainability of DL Napiergrass Under Cut-and-carry and Grazing Systems for Smallholder Farmers in Southern Kyushu, Japan
In southern Kyushu, aged beef cow farmers hold limited available land and poor machinery equipment, while demand for herbage production increases rapidly due to high cost of imported herbage supply. Dwarf variety of late-heading type (DL) napiergrass (Pennisetum purpureum Schumach) meets the situation for smallholder farmers, especially in remote islands. The objectives of this study were to investigate adaptability and sustainability of DL napiergrass among 12 sites in southern Kyushu, by determine yield, quality and overwintering ability. The results revealed that DL napiergrass should adapt to the examined sites including isolated islands at an established year and produce satisfactory yield and quality herbage, if additional fertilizer application covers more than 10 g N m-2 year-1 after establishment.
Dwarf napiergrass Growth character Quality Soil property Yield
Renny Fatmyah Utamy Yasuyuki Ishii Ahmad Wadi Sachiko Idota Naoto Harada Kiichi Fukuyama
Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Agriculture and Engineering, University of Miyazaki (UM), Miyaz Faculty of Agriculture, UM, Miyazaki 889-2192 Japan Polytechnic Agriculture Negeri Pangkep, Segeri Mandalle 90655, Indonesia Kagoshima Livestock Experiment Station, Kagoshima 899-4461, Japan
国际会议
首尔
英文
62-63
2009-08-10(万方平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)