Evaluation of a Quality Protein Maize Hybrids as Feed Ingredients for Broilers
Journal Title: International Journal of Agricultural Science and Research (IJASR) - Year 2017, Vol 7, Issue 6
Abstract
Maize is third important cereal crop next to wheat and rice. Maize used for feed and fodder production because of its nutritional content. It contains 60-70% carbohydrates, 9-11 % crude protein and 2-3.5% crude fiber. In maize, protein content is important for its feed and fodder purpose. Maize protein has a high level of glutamic acid and leucine. Lysine (1.2%) and Tryptophan (0.4%) are limiting amino acids in maize because of storage protein. Quality protein maize derived from the mutant ‘opaque 2’ which is rich in tryptophan and lysine content. An experiment organized to evaluate the inbreds of UQPM lines for their gene action, combining ability, heterosis, lysine, and tryptophan content. Best performed hybrid lines were used in this study, to estimate the feed efficiency in broilers.
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Anusheela Varadaraju, John Joel
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