Plant Breeding and the Nutritive Value of Crop Residues

摘要

The document contains 12 papers on topics related to the use of crop residues as livestock feed in smallholder crop/livestock farming systems, and the role of plant breeding in maintaining or improving their nutritive value. Workshop sessions covered the role of crop residues as feed resources in smallholder crop/livestock farming systems (3 papers); factors limiting the nutritive value of crop residues (3 papers); the effect of genotype and environment on the nutritive value of crop residues (4 papers); and perspectives and implications for crop improvement programs.