Wet Season Forage Production of Leucaena leucocephala cv Tarramba Planted in a Multiple Rows Configuration on Sandy Vertisol Soil at Naibonat, Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara-Indonesia

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10.2991/absr.k.220207.002How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Leucaena leucocephala cv Tarramba; Cutting interval; Edible dry matter; Bali Cattle; Wet Season; East Nusa Tenggara

Abstract

An experiment was conducted to measure forage production of Leucaena leucocephala cv Tarramba planted in a multiple rows of live fencing model. Plants were arranged in 8 rows which planted 2 meters from the main live fence of 1ha land. The plants were cut at of 1m height and then again at +30cm from the ground level. Measurement of forage production was conducted to observe its ability in providing forage. Areas of 8x20 m on each of the 4 land sides (replications) were allocated for the measurements. Half of the observation plot (8x10m) was allocated for 2 months cutting interval and the other half (8x10m) were allocated for 4 months cutting interval. Measurements conducted were on fresh and dry matter of edible parts (leaf and stem skin), plant height, stem diameter and number of branches. The results showed that each plant produced in average of 8 to 11 branches at 2 months interval, while the 4 months interval produced 2 to 4 branches only. Plant heights and diameters were 150-280 cm and 0.6-2.5 cm on the 2 months cutting interval, and from 465-560 cm and 2.6-3.4 cm on the 4 months cutting interval. At 2 months interval, two harvests produced a total edible DM of 4 ton. While the 4 months interval obtained 1 harvest with 3.6 tons DM per harvest, able to support about 4-5 heads of Bali cattle for fattening during the 4 months. Thus, during the wet season the 2 months cutting interval is recommended.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Debora Kana Hau
AU  - Tony Basuki
AU  - Twen O Dami Dato
AU  - J. Nulik
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/02/24
TI  - Wet Season Forage Production of Leucaena leucocephala cv Tarramba Planted in a Multiple Rows Configuration on Sandy Vertisol Soil at Naibonat, Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara-Indonesia
BT  - Proceedings of the 9th International Seminar on Tropical Animal Production (ISTAP 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 5
EP  - 8
SN  - 2468-5747
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/absr.k.220207.002
DO  - 10.2991/absr.k.220207.002
ID  - Hau2022
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