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La morera: una alternativa viable para los sistemas de alimentación animal en el trópico Mulberry: a viable alternative for animal feeding systems in the
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Medina, M. |
| Copyright Year | 2006 |
| Abstract | � Estudio de revision Abstract The following is a revision on the main characteristics of mulberry species and their potential as fodder plants under tropical condi- tions; making an emphasis on the aspects related to their taxonomy, geographical distribution, main uses, agronomic management, chemical composition, nutritional value and principal secondary metabolites present in their biomass. Mulberry species, native to the Euro-Asian continent, belong to the family Moraceae. In that sense, Morus alba and Morus nigra are mostly studied for their great world distribution. Since ancestral times, mulberry has been used in Asia for the feeding worms that produce silk and the agronomic studies carried out in sericulture have provided a lot of information. However, the influence of the forage production's main factors have only been intensively studied after been introduced to the American Continent after 1980. Mulberry is characterized by an excellent biomass production (2-30 tDM/ha/ year), high contents of raw protein (>15% DM), appropriate fibrous fraction (20-40%) |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://ww.ucol.mx/revaia/anteriores/anteriores/2006/VOL.1/lamorera.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
