Produksi dan Kualitas Rumput Brachiaria humidicola (Rend.) Sch, Digitaria decumbens Stent dan Stenotaphrum secundatum (Walter) O.Kunt. di Bawah Naungan Sengon, Karet dan Kelapa Sawit
Abstract: The experiment was
conducted to investigate the adaptive grasses growing under shading albizia,
rubber and oil palm canopy. Three species of tropical grasses (Brachiaria
humidicola (Rend.) Sch., Digitaria decumbens Stent, dan Stenotaphrum secundatum
(Walter) O.Kunt. were cultivated for at least four months. The parameters of
research were productivity (including tillering rate) and nutrient quality of
each grass. Data were analyzed using Split-plot design and for the significant
differences were further tested by Least Significant Different (LSD). The
result showed that B. humidicola production was better than other species in
plantation and forest shaded. This species producting higher fresh yield and
crude protein, but its tillering rate was poor. S. secundatum, although its
production was not as great as B. humidicola, this grass had the greatest
tillering rates compared to the others. It can be recommended that S.
secundatum is persistent species, and has a good productivity for a long
periode of time under shading.
Penulis: W Kurniawan, L
Abdullah, M A Setiana
Kode Jurnal: jppeternakandd070097
