Abiotic environmental stresses negatively impact crop productivity and are major constraints
to global food security. As a consequence of global change, certain stress factors such as …

Models are mathematical representations of mechanisms that govern natural phenomena
that are not fully recognized, controlled, or understood. They have become indispensable …

The Cornell Net Carbohydrate and Protein System (CNCPS) is a mathematical model that
estimates cattle requirements and nutrient supply based on animal, environmental, and feed …

Abstract The Cornell Net Carbohydrate and Protein System (CNCPS), a mechanistic model
that predicts nutrient requirements and biological values of feeds for cattle, was modified for …

The objective of this study was to compare methane emission by goats consuming the
condensed tannin-containing forage sericea lespedeza (Les-pedeza cuneata) or a mixture …

The intake and digestibility of forages is largely influenced by the fibre content and
specifically the neutral detergent fibre (NDF). Currently, the focus in commercial diet …

Lignin is a plant component with important implications for various agricultural disciplines. It
confers rigidity to cell walls, and is therefore associated with tolerance to abiotic and biotic …

The present re-evaluation of a dataset of systematically collected laboratory analyses and in
vivo digestibility information for several types of silages gives convincing evidence of the …

Present analytical methods to quantify lignin in herbaceous plants are not totally satisfactory.
A spectrophotometric method, acetyl bromide soluble lignin (ABSL), has been employed to …

Digestibility and intake are major determinants of forage quality. Forages present a unique
challenge to an animal's capacity to ingest and digest nutrients. This chapter focuses on the …