Morphological characteristics and biomass yieldof fifteen novel germplasm of wheat for ruminant livestock, in Northern Pakistan
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Morphological characteristics and biomass yieldof fifteen novel germplasm of wheat for ruminant livestock, in Northern Pakistan
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This study investigated the genetic variation in morphological characteristics and forage biomass yield of fifteen promising novel germplasm of wheat. GenotypesSup152, Croc, Kinde01, BAU, Millat, Bramblin, Kite6, Brambling, Khvaki, Baj, Kachu, Tilhi, Crow, Yaco and CNO79 of wheat were grown in four replicate plots (3m × 1.5 m) according to the randomized complete block design. Uniform standard agronomic, irrigation and weeds control practices were adapted for all plots. Samples were collected from 1 m long randomly selected strip of two consecutive middle rows of each plot. For the measurement of leaves and stem portion, subsamples of 10 plants were randomly selected from each sample, weighed, and then leaves and stem portion were separated by hand and weighed. Large variation (P ˂ 0.001) was recorded in the fresh biomass yield, dry matter yield and morphological characteristics within the fifteen-novel germplasm of wheat. The yields of fresh biomass ranged 21166 to 24405 kg/ha and dry matter from 4234 to 6882 kg/ha. There was large variation (P < 0.001) in the percentage of leaves (31 to 42%), leaf to stem ratio (0.44 to 0.81) and plant height (68.9 to 81.3 cm). Among the 15- novel germplasm of wheat Sup 154 produced the highest fresh biomass yield, dry matter yield and percentage of leaves and lowest leaf to stem ratio. Other novel germplasm which had similar promising forage characteristic are placed in order of merit as Kinde, Bau, Millat and Bramblin.
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