Forage Crops

Question 1

White ball acacia

Answer 1

Acaciella angustissima

Question 2

Mulberry

Answer 2

Morus sp.

Question 3

hairy indigo

Answer 3

Indigofera hirsuta L.

Question 4

kakawate

Answer 4

Gliricidia sepium

Question 5

Madre de agua

Answer 5

Trichanthera gigantea

Question 6

Flamengia;
malabalatong

Answer 6

Flemingia macrophylla

Question 7

Pigeon pea

Answer 7

Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.

Question 8

Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de Wit

Answer 8

Ipil-ipil

Question 9

Desmanthus

Answer 9

Desmanthus virgatus

Question 10

Agati

Answer 10

Sesbania grandiflora (L.) Pers.

Question 11

Katuray

Answer 11

Sesbania sesban (L.) Merr.

Question 12

Refers to plant leaves and stems mostly eaten by grazing animals. It can be herbaceous legumes, grasses, shrubs or tree legumes.

Answer 12

Forages

Question 13

 Serves as main feed for ruminants
 Produces more biomass than
legumes

Answer 13

Grasses

Question 14

 Provides better quality feeds
 Provides protein, vitamins and
minerals for more improved
performance of animals

Answer 14

Legumes

Question 15

 Leguminous crop are cheap
source of feeds
 It has lesser chance of ingesting
infective larvae as compared to
grazing lower growing vegetation

Answer 15

Legumes

Question 16

type of forage which can be also used as firewood, timber, green manure, shade

Answer 16

Multi-Purpose Tree Species (MPTS)

Question 17

forage type also used as thatching (building a roof w/ dry vegetation) and weaving

Answer 17

grasses

Question 18

a toxic amino acid which is metabolized to goitrogenic DHP present in ipil-ipil

Answer 18

mimosine

Question 19

Calopo

Answer 19

Calopogoniummucunoides Desv.

Question 20

Peanut

Answer 20

Arachis hypogaea L.

Question 21

Mani-manian, perennial peanut, rhizoma peanut

Answer 21

Arachis glabrata

Question 22

star grass

Answer 22

Cynodon plectostachyus (K.
Schum.) Pilger

Question 23

Alabang X

Answer 23

Dichanthium aristatum

Question 24

Guinea grass

Answer 24

Megathyrsus maximus

Question 25

Napier grass, Elephant grass

Answer 25

Pennisetum purpureum

Question 26

Stylo

Answer 26

Stylosanthes guianensis

Question 27

A very important forage in the TROPICS DUE TO ITS HIGH PRODUCTIVITY , used in cut-and-carry systems ("zero grazing") and fed in stalls, or made into silage or hay

Answer 27

Napier grass, Elephant grass

Question 28

Low in oxalate

Answer 28

Alabang X

Question 29

It can produce high levels of hydrogen cyanide when overstressed by defoliation, drought and heavy grazing/trampling

Answer 29

Star grass

Question 30

 Used as cover crop  It provides soil protection against erosion, reduces soil temperature, improves soil fertility and controls weed

Answer 30

Calopo

Question 31

It makes a good food plant for cattle, it is not as promising a feed for pigs

Answer 31

desmanthus

Question 32

 Leaves and stalks are fed to ruminants  It has 70.8% for digestible CP, 48.4 % for total digestible nutrients and 35.6 % for starch equivalent on a dry basis

Answer 32

Mulberry