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FORAGE PRODUCTION OF CORN AND SUNFLOWER MIXTURES

F. S. Warren

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Two corn (Zea mays L.) hybrids were grown in mixtures with three sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) cultivars at Ottawa for forage. The species appeared compatible in mixtures but yields of forage dry matter were higher for corn alone at several plant densities than for any mixture. Dry matter content at harvest and in vitro digestibility were both lower for sunflower than for corn. Consequently, yield of digestible dry matter per hectare for the sunflower component of the forage was so low that growing mixtures of corn and sunflower could not be recommended.

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Two corn (Zea mays L.) hybrids were grown in mixtures with three sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) cultivars at Ottawa for forage. The species appeared compatible in mixtures but yields of forage dry matter were higher for corn alone at several plant densities than for any mixture. Dry matter content at harvest and in vitro digestibility were both lower for sunflower than for corn. Consequently, yield of digestible dry matter per hectare for the sunflower component of the forage was so low that growing mixtures of corn and sunflower could not be recommended.

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Two corn (Zea mays L.) hybrids were grown in mixtures with three sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) cultivars at Ottawa for forage. The species appeared compatible in mixtures but yields of forage dry matter were higher for corn alone at several plant densities than for any mixture. Dry matter content at harvest and in vitro digestibility were both lower for sunflower than for corn. Consequently, yield of digestible dry matter per hectare for the sunflower component of the forage was so low that growing mixtures of corn and sunflower could not be recommended.

Key concepts: Sunflower, Helianthus annuus, Forage, Dry matter, Agronomy, Cultivar, Hybrid, Biology

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