Sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] and cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walpers] intercropping improves grain yield, fodder biomass, and nutritive value
Burkina Faso livestock feeding is characterized by a hot dry season fodder deficit, which affects animal performance and causes economic losses. To overcome this challenge, improving quality fodder production through the use of dual-purpose crops is a potential alternative. Hence, this study aimed a...
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| author | Sanfo Abroulaye Sanfo Abroulaye Zampaligré Nouhoun Delma B. Jethro Kulo E. Abalo Ouédraogo Abdoulaye Rios Esteban F. Dubeux José Boote J. Ken Adesogan Adegbola |
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| description | Burkina Faso livestock feeding is characterized by a hot dry season fodder deficit, which affects animal performance and causes economic losses. To overcome this challenge, improving quality fodder production through the use of dual-purpose crops is a potential alternative. Hence, this study aimed at testing dual-purpose cultivars of sorghum and cowpea under monoculture and intercropping in the North Sudan zone in Burkina Faso. To do this, a “Mother and Baby trials” approach was adopted. The mother trial was designed as a randomized complete block with eight treatments (combinations of monoculture and intercropping systems for two cowpeas and two sorghum cultivars) and four replications during two cropping seasons (2019 and 2020) at the INERA research station in Saria. The on-farm “baby” trials involved 30 farmers during two cropping seasons (2019 and 2020) in four communes: Koudougou, Poa, Nandiala, and Kokologo. Data were collected on weed biomass and density, fodder biomass and grain yield, intercropping efficiency, and fodder nutritive value. The results of the mother trial showed that intercropping significantly (p ≤ 0.05) reduced weed density and weed biomass. Sorghum cultivar Ponta Negra had the highest fodder biomass yield (10.05 kg DM/ha) while sorghum Sariaso16 had the highest grain yield (4.42 kg/ha). Cowpea cultivar KVx745-11P had greater fodder biomass (4.72 kg DM/ha) than Tiligré (3.28 kg DM/ha) with similar grain yield (2.17 and 2.17 kg/ha). Intercropping was the most efficient land-use cropping system for fodder biomass and grain yield improvement both in mother and baby trials. For fodder nutritive value, cultivars Sariaso16 and Ponta Negra had similar crude protein concentrations (ranging from 4.1 to 5.4%), and cowpea cultivar KVx745-11P haulms had greater crude protein (ranging from 16.9 to 20.3%). The use of Ponta Negra and KVx745-11P and Sariaso16 and KVx745-11P under intercropping is likely to optimize grain and quality fodder production for crop-livestock farmers in the North Sudan zone. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0a0635e0a21240629e69da50bc2001842023-12-11T10:03:59ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Animal Science2673-62252023-12-01410.3389/fanim.2023.12335701233570Sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] and cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walpers] intercropping improves grain yield, fodder biomass, and nutritive valueSanfo Abroulaye0Sanfo Abroulaye1Zampaligré Nouhoun2Delma B. Jethro3Kulo E. Abalo4Ouédraogo Abdoulaye5Rios Esteban F.6Dubeux José7Boote J. Ken8Adesogan Adegbola9Centre National de Recherche Scientifique et Technologique, Institut de l’Environnement et de Recherches Agricoles, Station de Farako-Ba, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina FasoUniversité de Lomé, Ecole Supérieure d’Agronomie, Lomé, TogoCentre National de Recherche Scientifique et Technologique, Institut de l’Environnement et de Recherches Agricoles, Station de Farako-Ba, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina FasoCentre National de Recherche Scientifique et Technologique, Institut de l’Environnement et de Recherches Agricoles, Station de Farako-Ba, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina FasoUniversité de Lomé, Ecole Supérieure d’Agronomie, Lomé, TogoCentre National de Recherche Scientifique et Technologique, Institut de l’Environnement et de Recherches Agricoles, Station de Farako-Ba, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina FasoAgronomy Department, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS), University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United StatesAgronomy Department, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS), University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United StatesAgronomy Department, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS), University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United StatesFeed the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems, Department of Animal Sciences, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS), University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United StatesBurkina Faso livestock feeding is characterized by a hot dry season fodder deficit, which affects animal performance and causes economic losses. To overcome this challenge, improving quality fodder production through the use of dual-purpose crops is a potential alternative. Hence, this study aimed at testing dual-purpose cultivars of sorghum and cowpea under monoculture and intercropping in the North Sudan zone in Burkina Faso. To do this, a “Mother and Baby trials” approach was adopted. The mother trial was designed as a randomized complete block with eight treatments (combinations of monoculture and intercropping systems for two cowpeas and two sorghum cultivars) and four replications during two cropping seasons (2019 and 2020) at the INERA research station in Saria. The on-farm “baby” trials involved 30 farmers during two cropping seasons (2019 and 2020) in four communes: Koudougou, Poa, Nandiala, and Kokologo. Data were collected on weed biomass and density, fodder biomass and grain yield, intercropping efficiency, and fodder nutritive value. The results of the mother trial showed that intercropping significantly (p ≤ 0.05) reduced weed density and weed biomass. Sorghum cultivar Ponta Negra had the highest fodder biomass yield (10.05 kg DM/ha) while sorghum Sariaso16 had the highest grain yield (4.42 kg/ha). Cowpea cultivar KVx745-11P had greater fodder biomass (4.72 kg DM/ha) than Tiligré (3.28 kg DM/ha) with similar grain yield (2.17 and 2.17 kg/ha). Intercropping was the most efficient land-use cropping system for fodder biomass and grain yield improvement both in mother and baby trials. For fodder nutritive value, cultivars Sariaso16 and Ponta Negra had similar crude protein concentrations (ranging from 4.1 to 5.4%), and cowpea cultivar KVx745-11P haulms had greater crude protein (ranging from 16.9 to 20.3%). The use of Ponta Negra and KVx745-11P and Sariaso16 and KVx745-11P under intercropping is likely to optimize grain and quality fodder production for crop-livestock farmers in the North Sudan zone.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fanim.2023.1233570/fullcrop-livestock systemcowpeaburkina fasofood-feed cropssorghum |
| spellingShingle | Sanfo Abroulaye Sanfo Abroulaye Zampaligré Nouhoun Delma B. Jethro Kulo E. Abalo Ouédraogo Abdoulaye Rios Esteban F. Dubeux José Boote J. Ken Adesogan Adegbola Sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] and cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walpers] intercropping improves grain yield, fodder biomass, and nutritive value Frontiers in Animal Science crop-livestock system cowpea burkina faso food-feed crops sorghum |
| title | Sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] and cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walpers] intercropping improves grain yield, fodder biomass, and nutritive value |
| title_full | Sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] and cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walpers] intercropping improves grain yield, fodder biomass, and nutritive value |
| title_fullStr | Sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] and cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walpers] intercropping improves grain yield, fodder biomass, and nutritive value |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] and cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walpers] intercropping improves grain yield, fodder biomass, and nutritive value |
| title_short | Sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] and cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walpers] intercropping improves grain yield, fodder biomass, and nutritive value |
| title_sort | sorghum sorghum bicolor l moench and cowpea vigna unguiculata l walpers intercropping improves grain yield fodder biomass and nutritive value |
| topic | crop-livestock system cowpea burkina faso food-feed crops sorghum |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fanim.2023.1233570/full |
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