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A Note on the Fodder Quality of Ragi (Eleusine coracana) Straw

Volume : 60
Issue: Jan-jan
Pages: 69 - 69
Published: June 11, 2025
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Abstract


One of the essential attributes of a good fodder is its quality. The nutri- tional values of forage crops and gras- ses have been discussed in detail by Gazi (1962). The cereal crops viz., paddy, wheat and millets serve as grain cum fodder crops: Of these, millets supply good quality fodder. The straw analysis of paddy and cholam revealed that cholam straw is more nutritious in that it contains lesser quantity of crude fibre and more of protein.

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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

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