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Effect of Maturity on Chemical Composition of Leguminous Forage Plants 1
Author(s) -
Pieters A. J.
Publication year - 1937
Publication title -
agronomy journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.752
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1435-0645
pISSN - 0002-1962
DOI - 10.2134/agronj1937.00021962002900060002x
Subject(s) - forage , citation , maturity (psychological) , session (web analytics) , section (typography) , principal (computer security) , agronomy , mathematics , library science , political science , computer science , biology , business , law , advertising , world wide web , operating system
of nutrient constituents with advancing maturity in legumes, from one standpoifit the answer is not far to seek. There is a considerable litera.ture in which analyses of alfalfa, red clover, and soybeans cut at different stages of maturity are discussed, while the data on lespedeza are much less satisfactory. It will not be necesgary to go into this literature exhaustively, but a few examples will be given to bring the facts under review. The agricultural experiment stations of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Ohio, and elsewhere have published on the effect of advancing maturity on the chemical composition of alfalfa. In these studies alfalfa was cut at different stages; measured in terms of bloom, as pre-bloom, early bloom, ~/~oth in bloom, etc. Selected examples are given in Tables ~, 2, and 3.