THE EFFECT OF FIELD DRYING ON THE NONSTRUCTURAL CARBOHYDRATE-COMPOSITION IN VETCH HAY

Authors
TREVINO J CENTENO C ORTIZ L CABALLERO R
Citation
J. Trevino et al., THE EFFECT OF FIELD DRYING ON THE NONSTRUCTURAL CARBOHYDRATE-COMPOSITION IN VETCH HAY, Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 64(3), 1994, pp. 337-339
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Agriculture,"Food Science & Tenology
Journal title
Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture → ACNP
ISSN journal
00225142
Volume
64
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
337 - 339
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-5142(1994)64:3<337:TEOFDO>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
Common vetch (Vicia sativa L) was harvested and allowed to dry in the open air. The composition of fresh forage in non-structural carbohydra tes varied markedly between years, the contents of sugars and starch i n both leaves and stems being much higher in 1990-91 than 1991-92. Fie ld drying produced a significant decrease in the amounts of these carb ohydrates. The total losses of sugars and starch in hay, expressed as losses of dry matter, ranged from 28 to 15 g kg(-1), depending on the year.