caa a22 4500 386326924 CHVBK 20180307111656.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e198901 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0014479700016483 doi S0014479700016483 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0014479700016483 The Evaluation of Alternative Fodder Crops under African Highland Conditions [Elektronische Daten] Four forage bassicas, kale, rape, turnips and swede, and fodder beet were evaluated for adaptation to tropical highland conditions using small-plot experiments and field observations. In a short cropping season turnips were best adapted with a mean yield of 22 t ha−1. The crop was quick to establish and gave good ground cover. Kale and swedes were better adapted to a long season and yielded more than perennial forage grasses or maize. Yield was related to the length of growing season, exceeding 100 t ha−1 by about 250 days. Kale and swedes established poorly on soils high in aluminium. Direct sunlight appeared to damage swede roots, causing secondary soft rots. Rape showed no advantage over kale. Fodder beet failed to establish satisfactorily in any of the experiments. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989 Potts Michael J. The International Potato Centre and Programme d'Amélioration de la Pomme de terre, Institut des Sciences Agronomiques du Burundi, Station de Gisozi, BP 75, Bujumbura, Burundi Biranguza Evariste The International Potato Centre and Programme d'Amélioration de la Pomme de terre, Institut des Sciences Agronomiques du Burundi, Station de Gisozi, BP 75, Bujumbura, Burundi Experimental Agriculture Cambridge University Press 25/1(1989-01), 99-107 0014-4797 25:1<99 1989 25 EAG https://doi.org/10.1017/S0014479700016483 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0014479700016483 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Potts Michael J. The International Potato Centre and Programme d'Amélioration de la Pomme de terre, Institut des Sciences Agronomiques du Burundi, Station de Gisozi, BP 75, Bujumbura, Burundi NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Biranguza Evariste The International Potato Centre and Programme d'Amélioration de la Pomme de terre, Institut des Sciences Agronomiques du Burundi, Station de Gisozi, BP 75, Bujumbura, Burundi NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Experimental Agriculture Cambridge University Press 25/1(1989-01), 99-107 0014-4797 25:1<99 1989 25 EAG CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge