Abstract:
Suficient food must be available to the people in order to feed the population of Pakistan. The dairy business, which provides milk, meat, and other goods for human use, is crucial in this regard. Similar to this, it is imperative to ofer animals enough nutrient-rich diet so they can produce their optimum amount specifically during the fodder scarcity time. Multicut Kharif fodder varieties that can supply cuttings throughout the aforementioned lean season must be developed. At the Fodder Research Sub Station of the AARI in Faisalabad, an endeavor was made to create a Napier variety that could be used for two diferent things i.e. (nutritious fodder and multicut in nature). A selection pedigree method was used in this case based on the local “Faisalabad Napier” parentage. The goal was to create an advanced line with the highest green fodder yield and the greatest capacity for resprouting. Advanced line “FNG-1” has a multicut nature and produces more green fodder. “FNG-1” is the multicut (6- 7 cuttings) tall growing advance line in nature, cost of production is much lower as compared to conventional Kharif fodder crops. It is developed locally and highly adopted to the agro-ecological conditions of the province. Due to perennial and multicut in nature its green fodder yield potential is 6 times higher than traditional kharif fodders (Sorghum, millet, jantar etc). Due to its maximum re sprouting tendency it can provide green fodder during the lean period. Due to broader greener leaves and tall growth, FNG-1 can give 15 percent higher GFY than Local accession (Faisalabad Napier). In this way, it can serve the dual purpose as nutritious green fodder to the livestock and as muticut.
Keywords:
Pakistan
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growth
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Sustainable
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agroecological
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nutritious
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kharif