Vol. 8 (1) : January-February 2017 issue
Green Farming Vol. 8 (1) : 237-241 ; January-February, 2017
Evaluation of biomass yield, quality and nutrients uptake potential of exotic & indigenous beet varieties for green fodder
DIGVIJAY SINGH1*, ALKA KUMARI2 and AVINASH CHAUHAN3
National Dairy Development Board, Anand - 388 001 (Gujarat)
Designation : 1Sr. Manager *(dsingh@nddb.coop), 2,3Deputy Manager
Subject : Animal Husbandry, Veterinary & Dairy Sciences
Paper No. : P-5190
Total Pages : 5
Received : 18 May 2016
Revised accepted : 19 December 2016
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Citation :
DIGVIJAY SINGH, ALKA KUMARI and AVINASH CHAUHAN. 2017. Evaluation of biomass yield, quality and nutrients uptake potential of exotic & indigenous beet varieties for green fodder. Green Farming Vol. 8 (1) : 237-241 ; January-February, 2017
ABSTRACT
A two years study was conducted to evaluate, thirteen beet varieties belonging to sugarbeet, fodder beet and vegetable beet types for fresh biomass yield, quality parameters and nutrient uptake potential for green fodder purpose. The fresh biomass and dry matter yield was observed better in sugarbeet varieties that ranged from 63.52 to 70.46 tonnes/ha and 13.77 to 14.86 tonnes/ha, respectively as compared to fodder & vegetable beet varieties. Sugarbeet varieties recorded significantly higher brix content (10.2 to 12.4 %) than the fodder beet (6.10 to 8.50 %). But sugarbeet varieties registered lower quality parameters values than fodder and vegetable beet varieties. Dry matter content range was recorded higher in sugarbeet varieties (20.58 to 22.04 %) as compared to fodder beet (13.31 to 19.73 %) and vegetable beet variety (19.95 %). Overall macro and micro mineral content was observed higher in fodder and vegetable beet varieties as compared to sugarbeet varieties. However, mean data showed slightly better primary, secondary and micro nutrients uptake by sugarbeet varieties as compared to fodder and vegetable beet varieties. Mean nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P2O5) and potash (K2O) uptake was found to be 250.0, 76.7 and 180.9 kg/ha in sugarbeet varieties and 200.2, 57.6 and 155.6 kg/ha in fodder beet varieties, respectively.
Key words :
Biomass yield, Fodder beet, Mineral content, Nutrient uptake, Quality parameters, Sugarbeet.