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Prosopis cineraria is an important species for aridzone agroforestry in India. Information on the chemical composition and nutritive value of the leaves of young trees that will be useful in screening the provenances, is lacking. Chemical composition (N, P, K, Ca, Mg, Na), crude protein, and structural carbohydrates (neutral detergent fibre, acid detergent fibre, cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin) of the foliage of one-year-old plants of 31 provenances ofProsopis cineraria were determined. The seeds were collected from 16°50′ N to 29°55′ N latitude and 69°49′ E to 78°03′ E longitude in India, and grown at Hisar (29°10′ N latitude, 75°46′ E longitude and 215 m altitude). Mineral contents (except N and P), crude protein, and structural carbohydrates varied significantly (p<0.05) between provenances, and the greatest amount of N, P, crude protein, NDF, ADF and lignin contents were found in Hisar provenance. The in vitro dry matter digestibility varied from 18.2% in Gandhinagar provenance to 34.0% in that of Barmer provenance.
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Arya, S., Bisht, R.P., Tomar, R. et al. Genetic variation in minerals, crude protein and structural carbohydrates of foliage in provenances of young plants ofProsopis cineraria (L.) Druce in India. Agroforest Syst 29, 1–7 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00711277
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