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DOI	10.1111/jac.12353
	Nutritional and mineral content of prickly pear cactus: A highly water-use efficient forage, fodder and food species
	Mayer, Jesse A.; Cushman, John C.
通讯作者	Cushman, John C.
来源期刊	JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY AND CROP SCIENCE
ISSN	0931-2250
EISSN	1439-037X
出版年	2019
卷号	205 期号:6 页码:625-634
英文摘要	Increased demand for food requires us to investigate livestock forage and fodder crops that can be grown over a wide range of locations where their cultivation will not compete with that of the food supply. A large portion of the southwestern United States consists of underutilized semi-arid land. Crops typically used for livestock fodder or forage have high-water demands that make them uneconomical or unsustainable for semi-arid and arid regions. The growth rate and low-input requirements of prickly pear cactus (Opuntia ficus-indica) make it an excellent candidate for forage or fodder supplementation or replacement in these regions. Previous reports about forage quality data on Opuntia have been scattered across multiple locations, growing conditions and cultivars. Here, we report on the forage quality and mineral content of Opuntia ficus-indica grown under both field and greenhouse conditions. Crude protein was 71 and 264 g/kg of dry mass for field and greenhouse conditions, respectively. Field-grown plants showed higher acid and neutral detergent fibre content than greenhouse-grown plants reflecting higher cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin accumulation. Nutritional values were also compared to requirements of cattle to determine what deficiencies might need to be addressed through supplementation. These data suggest that Opuntia can be used in combination with other feed sources to reduce the demand of resource-intensive forage crops for raising livestock in dryland areas.
英文关键词	drought tolerance forage quality mineral nutrition Opuntia ficus-indica water-use efficiency
类型	Article
语种	英语
国家	USA
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000476052000001
WOS关键词	OPUNTIA-FICUS-INDICA ; MICROBIAL PROTEIN-SYNTHESIS ; SPINELESS CACTUS ; L. MILL. ; CRUDE PROTEIN ; FEED-INTAKE ; DIGESTIBILITY ; PRODUCTIVITY ; QUALITY ; BIOMASS
WOS类目	Agronomy
WOS研究方向	Agriculture
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/216648
作者单位	Univ Nevada, Dept Biochem & Mol Biol, MS 330, Reno, NV 89557 USA
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Mayer, Jesse A.,Cushman, John C.. Nutritional and mineral content of prickly pear cactus: A highly water-use efficient forage, fodder and food species[J],2019,205(6):625-634.
APA	Mayer, Jesse A.,&Cushman, John C..(2019).Nutritional and mineral content of prickly pear cactus: A highly water-use efficient forage, fodder and food species.JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY AND CROP SCIENCE,205(6),625-634.
MLA	Mayer, Jesse A.,et al."Nutritional and mineral content of prickly pear cactus: A highly water-use efficient forage, fodder and food species".JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY AND CROP SCIENCE 205.6(2019):625-634.