@article{article_293642, title={Water use efficiency, yield, and nutritive value of maize and sorghum cultivars irrigated in a shallow soil}, journal={Anadolu Tarım Bilimleri Dergisi}, volume={32}, pages={358–366}, year={2017}, DOI={10.7161/omuanajas.293642}, author={Uzun, Ferat and Garipoğlu, Ali Vaiz and Ocak, Nuh}, keywords={Besleme değeri, Bitki morfolojisi, Kimyasal kompozisyon, Su stresi}, abstract={<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">To investigate the changes
in irrigation water use efficiency (IWUE) and some agronomic and nutritional
characteristics of forage maize and sorghum cultivars (cvs) irrigated in a
shallow soil, two maize and seven sorghum cvs were evaluated in rain-fed (NIR)
and irrigated (IR) field conditions for a 3-year period. The experimental
design was a randomized complete block in a split-plot arrangement. The
irrigation increased plant height of forages whereas decreased metabolizable
energy and relative feed values. There was an advantage for sorghum cvs over
maize cvs regarding to agronomic and nutritional traits in a shallow soil,
irrespective of irrigation. The IR-cvs had higher yield and nutritional quality
compared to the NIR-cvs. The IWUE values of Jumbo, Grazer, Hayday, El Rey and
Gozde cvs were higher than those of other sorghum cvs. The studied cvs, except
for El Rey (the highest) and Rox (the lowest) had similar IWUE values. The
plant heights and dry matter (DM), digestible DM (DDM) and crude protein (CP)
yields of sorghum cvs were greater than those of maize cvs, except for Rox and
Early sumac. When cvs classes were compared for the yields of DM, DDM and CP,
the classes ranked in the following order: Rx-893 = Karadeniz Yildizi = Rox =
Early Sumac ≤ Gözde = Grazer = Hayday = Jumbo = El Rey. </span> <span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;"> </span> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p>}, number={3}, publisher={Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi}