National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692 Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
The current study was conducted during the year-2014-15 on a 22-year old Elm plantation established at Wadura campus of SKUAST-Kashmir. Four diameter classes viz., D1 (5-10cm), D2 (10-15cm), D3 (15-20cm) and D4 (>20cm) were stratified from the plantation and leaf samples were collected from three trees of each diameter classes during four different sampling periods viz., P1: April-May, P2: June-July, P3: August-September and P4: October-November. The fodder analysis concluded that there is a decrease in crude protein (CP), NFE (nitrogen free extract) and OM (total organic matters) with the maturity of the leaves whereas, a reverse trend was found for DM (dry matter), CF (crude fibre), EE (ether extract) and total ash. The maximum percentages of these proximate principles were 19.24%, 54.91%, 92.16%, 42.99%, 18.44%, 6.77% and 11.54%, respectively. An increase in DM, CF and EE and a decrease in CP with increase in the size of the trees was observed. The size of the trees did not significantly affect NFE, OM, TC (total carbohydrates) and ash content of the leaves. The interaction of sampling periods and diameter classes produced insignificant variation in fodder proximate principles.
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