Foreege

Ahịhịa bụ ihe ọkụkụ (karịsịa akwụkwọ osisi na ị ga) nke anụ ụlọ na-ata nri.[1] N'akụkọ ihe mere eme, okwu a na-eri nri pụtara naanị osisi ndị anụmanụ na-eri ozugbo dị ka ịta nri, ihe ọkụkụ, ma ọ bụ ọka ọka na-etobeghị, ma a na-ejikwa ya eme ihe n'ụzọ na-adịghị mma iji tinye osisi ndị yiri ya nke a gbuturu maka nri nri ma buru ya na ụmụ anụmanụ, karịsịa dị ka ahịhịa ma ọ bụ silage..^[1]

Ọ bụ ezie na okwu forage nwere nkọwa sara mbara, a na-eji okwu forage crop akọwa ihe ọkụkụ, kwa afọ ma ọ bụ ugboro abụọ, nke a na-akụ iji mee ihe site na ịta nri ma ọ bụ owuwe ihe ubi n'ozuzu.^[2]

Nri ndị a na-ahụkarị

Ahịhịa

Ahịhịa na-eri gụnyere:^[3]

Agrostisspp. - ahịhịa ndị dị nro
- Agrostis capillaris- ahịhịa a na-ahụkarị
- Agrostis stolonifera- ahịhịa na-agagharị agagharị
Andropogon hallii- ájá bluestem
Arrhenatherum elatius- ahịhịa oat adịgboroja
Bothriochloa bladhii- Australia bluestem
Bothriochloa pertusa- ahịhịa ajọ ifufe
Brachiaria decumbens- ahịhịa Surinam
Brachiaria humidicola- ahịhịa
Bromusspp. - bromegrasses
Cenchrus ciliaris- ahịhịa
Chloris gayana- ahịhịa Rhodes
Cynodon dactylon- ahịhịa
Dactylis glomerata- ahịhịa osisi
Echinochloa pyramidalis- ahịhịa antelope
Entolasia imbricata- ahịhịa bungoma
Festucaspp. - feese
- Festuca arundinacea- fescue dị ogologo
- Festuca pratensis- ahịhịa ahịhịhịa
- Festuca rubra- red fescue
Heteropogon contortus- ahịhịa ojii
Hymenachne amplexicaulis- ahịhịa marsh nke West India
Hyparrhenia rufa- jaragua
Leersia hexandra- ahịhịa ndịda
Loliumspp. - ahịhịa rye
- Lolium multiflorum- Italian ryegrass
- Lolium perenne - osisi ryegrass
Megathyrsus maximus- ahịhịa Guinea
Melinis minutiflora- ahịhịa molasses
Paspalum conjugatum- ahịhịa carabao
Paspalum dilatatum- osisi
Phalaris arundinacea- ahịhịa canarygrass
Phleum pratense- timothy
Poaspp. - ahịhịa na-acha anụnụ anụnụ, ahịhịhịa
- Poa arachnifera- Texas bluegrass
- Poa pratensis- Kentucky bluegrass
- Poa trivialis- ahịhịa na-acha ọbara ọbara
Setaria sphacelata- bristlegrass nke Africa
Themeda triandra- ahịhịa kangaroo
Thinopyrum intermedium- ahịhịa ọka wit dị n'etiti

Nri ahịhịa

Nri ahịhịa na-agụnye:^[4]

Arachis pintoi- ahụekere pinto
Astragalus cicer- cicer milkvetch
Chamaecrista rotundifolia- pea na-emetụta akwụkwọ ya
Clitoria ternatea- urukurubụba
Kummerowia- ụmụ nwanyị na-egbu egbu kwa afọ
- Kummerowia stipulacea - Korean clover, Korean lespedeza
- Kummerowia striata- Japanese clover, common lespedeza
Lotus corniculatus- ụkwụ nnụnụ
Macroptilium atropurpureum- ahịhịa na-acha odo odo
Macroptilium bracteatum- ụgbụgbọ osisi
Medicagospp. - ndị dọkịta
- Medicago sativa- alfalfa, lucerne
- Medicago truncatula- barrel medicine
Melilotusspp. - sweetclovers
Neonotonia wightii- soybean na-adịgide adịgide
Onobrychis viciifolia- sainfoin a na-ahụkarị
Stylosanthesspp. - mkpịsị akwụkwọ
- Stylosanthes humilis- mkpịsị akwụkwọ Townsville
- Stylosanthes scabra- mkpịsị akwụkwọ osisi
Trifoliumspp. - osisi clovers
- Trifolium hybridum- clover alsike
- Trifolium incarnatum- clover na-acha uhie uhie
- Trifolium pratense- clover na-acha ọbara ọbara
- Trifolium repens - clover ọcha
Viciaspp. - vetches
- Vicia articulata- oneflower vetch
- Vicia ervilia- ihe ilu
- Vicia narbonensis- narbon vetch
- Vicia sativa- vetch nkịtị, tare
- Vicia villosa- vetch nwere ntutu
Vigna parkeri- vine na-agagharị agagharị

Osisi legumes

Acacia aneura- mulga
Albiziaspp. - osisi silk
Albizia canescens- Belmont siris
Albizia lebbeck- lebbeck
Enterolobium cyclocarpum- osisi ntị
Leucaena leucocephala- osisi na-eduga

Nchịkọta

Enwere ike ide okwu site na ndị a:^[5]

Alfalfa
Mkpụrụ ọka
Ngwakọta ahịhịa na ahịhịhịa
Ọgwụ ọjọọ
Oats

Nri mmiri

Lemna nke nta- Duckweed
Pistia stratiotes- Mmiri lecttuce
Eichhornia crassipes - Mmiri hyacinth
Salvinia na-ewe iwe- fern
Ipomoea aquatica- Spinach Mmiri

Ihe ọkụkụ fọdụrụnụ

Ihe ọkụkụ fọdụrụnụe ji mee ihe dị ka nri gụnyere:

Sorghum
Osisi vaịn na-atọ ụtọ
Mkpụrụ ọka ma ọ bụ soybean
Osisi mkpụrụ osisi stover

Ndị ọzọ

Raphanus sativusvar.longipinnatus- Daikon radish/ "forage radish"

Hụkwa

Anụ ehi a na-enye ahịhịa
Azụ maka nri - Obere anụ oriri

Ebem si dee

↑Fageria, N.K. (1997).Growth and Mineral Nutrition of Field Crops.NY, NY: Marcel Dekker, 583.
↑Givens (2000).Forage evaluation in ruminant nutrition.CABI, 1.ISBN 978-0-85199-344-7.
↑Murphy, B. (1998).Greener Pastures On Your Side of the Fence.Colchester, Vermont: Arriba Publishing, 19–20.
↑Murphy, B. (1998).Greener Pastures On Your Side of the Fence.Colchester, Vermont: Arriba Publishing, 20.
↑George, J. R. (1994).Extension Publications: Forage and Grain Crops.Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt, 152.

[1] Fageria, N.K. (1997).Growth and Mineral Nutrition of Field Crops.NY, NY: Marcel Dekker, 583.

[2] Givens (2000).Forage evaluation in ruminant nutrition.CABI, 1.ISBN 978-0-85199-344-7.

[3] Murphy, B. (1998).Greener Pastures On Your Side of the Fence.Colchester, Vermont: Arriba Publishing, 19–20.

[4] Murphy, B. (1998).Greener Pastures On Your Side of the Fence.Colchester, Vermont: Arriba Publishing, 20.

[5] George, J. R. (1994).Extension Publications: Forage and Grain Crops.Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt, 152.

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