Forage and Pasture Crops: Quality (General)

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Across
  1. 1. Stems will become _____ with increasing maturity.
  2. 6. Physical limitation of rumen capacity, affected by retention time, digestion rate. Forages fill rumen, pass out slowly.
  3. 7. ______, Light, Water are environmental factors affecting forage feeding value.
  4. 9. Interspecific or intraspecific.
  5. 12. More susceptible than grasses to pests.
  6. 13. Composition of nutrients, energy.
  7. 14. Modifiers of nutritive value and intake that reduce animal performance.
  8. 15. structural, fiber fraction (pectin, cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin)
  9. 16. Forage protein feeds microbes.
  10. 17. Feed between veins of leaves.
Down
  1. 2. At ad libitum feeding (given at least 7.2% protein).
  2. 3. Affects crop yield more than quality.
  3. 4. Leaf vs. stem, plant factors affecting forage feeding value.
  4. 5. Produce the desired animal response, potential forage feeding value.
  5. 8. Important for ruminant digestion.
  6. 10. Moisture content and heating are examples of this.
  7. 11. Affect yield and persistence more than quality.