Abstract
The presently existing dominant perennial forages like Rhodes grass, alfalfa and their mixtures were investigated from January 1998 to August 1999 for their productivity as a part of ICARDA’s Arabian Peninsula Research Program (APRP) at Rumais in the Batinah Coast of the Sultanate of Oman. The results indicated that the Rhodes grass varieties produced significantly (P< 0.01) higher green (230.50 - 306.10 t/ha-1) and dry matter yields (52.39 - 67.48 t/ha-1) during the period. followed by the mixture treatments (green matter: 223.51 - 241.76 tfha" and dry matter: 49.02 - 53.11 t/ha-1) and alfalfa cultivars (green matter: 182.05 - 184.04 t/ha-1 and dry matter: 40.83-44.67 t/ha-1). Among the Rhodes grass varieties, Callide had a very high significant yield potential (P<0.05) in terms of both green and dry matter yields followed by Katambora and Topcut, a newly introduced variety. In alfalfa, both cultivars produced similar (P> 0.05) green matter (182.05 - 184.04 film") and dry matter (40.83 44.67 t/ha-1) yields. Among the mixtures, both green and dry matter yields of l: 2 mixture of Alfalfa and Rhodes grass were significantly higher than the other two mixture proportions i.e. 1:1 and 2:1 (P<0.05).
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- DOI
- 10.24200/jams.vol9iss2pp23-29
- Journal
- Journal of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, 9(2), 23
- Publisher
- Sultan Qaboos University
- Open access
- Gold open access
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- CC BY 4.0
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APA 7
Nadaf, S. K., AI-Khamisi, S., & AI-Lawati, A. H. (2004). Productivity of Alfalfa, Rhodes Grass and Their Mixtures in Arid Conditions Under Sprinklers. Journal of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, 9(2), 23. https://doi.org/10.24200/jams.vol9iss2pp23-29
MLA 9
Nadaf, Saleem Kaseemsaheb, et al. "Productivity of Alfalfa, Rhodes Grass and Their Mixtures in Arid Conditions Under Sprinklers." Journal of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, vol. 9, no. 2, 2004, pp. 23. https://doi.org/10.24200/jams.vol9iss2pp23-29.
Chicago (author–date)
Nadaf, Saleem Kaseemsaheb, S.A. AI-Khamisi, and A. H. AI-Lawati. 2004. "Productivity of Alfalfa, Rhodes Grass and Their Mixtures in Arid Conditions Under Sprinklers." Journal of Agricultural and Marine Sciences 9 (2): 23. https://doi.org/10.24200/jams.vol9iss2pp23-29.
Harvard
Nadaf, S. K., AI-Khamisi, S. and AI-Lawati, A. H. (2004) 'Productivity of Alfalfa, Rhodes Grass and Their Mixtures in Arid Conditions Under Sprinklers', Journal of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, 9(2), pp. 23. doi:10.24200/jams.vol9iss2pp23-29.
Vancouver
Nadaf SK, AI-Khamisi S, AI-Lawati AH. Productivity of Alfalfa, Rhodes Grass and Their Mixtures in Arid Conditions Under Sprinklers. Journal of Agricultural and Marine Sciences. 2004;9(2):23. doi:10.24200/jams.vol9iss2pp23-29
IEEE
S. K. Nadaf, S. AI-Khamisi, and A. H. AI-Lawati, "Productivity of Alfalfa, Rhodes Grass and Their Mixtures in Arid Conditions Under Sprinklers," Journal of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 23, 2004, doi: 10.24200/jams.vol9iss2pp23-29.