جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه "ziziphus mauritiana" در نشریات گروه "کشاورزی"

Ziziphus mauritiana due to having a significant amount of protein and energy has been introduced as a part of fodder for light livestock, especially in conditions of food restrictions. This experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of Indian Ziziphus (Ziziphus mauritiana) leaves feeding on growth performance, hematology and blood biochemical parameters of Adani fattening goat kids.

In this study, 16 Adani male goat kids with an average age of 180 ± 11 days and an average weight of 17.28 ± 1.32 kg were used in a completely randomized design using 2 treatments and 8 replications. At first, based on regular random method, samples were taken from Ziziphus mauritiana leaves. In order to mix Ziziphus mauritiana leaves with other components of the ration, after drying in the sun, Ziziphus mauritiana leaves were cut into small pieces (2-3 cm). Experimental treatments include: 1) basal diet without Ziziphus mauritiana leaves (control diet), 2) basal diet with 20% Ziziphus mauritiana leaves (based on the percentage of dry matter of the ration). In the experimental diet, Ziziphus mauritiana leaves replaced with 20% of alfalfa in the control diet. In order to acclimatize the animals, a period of 15 days was considered. Goats were kept in individual stalls and fed experimental diets for 75 days. During the experiment, the feed consumed two times a day according to appetite and water was freely available to the Goats. Weighing of the goat kids was done weekly and before the morning feed, and the amount of feed given and remaining was weighed daily. On days 0, 35 and 75, blood samples were taken from the the jugular vein of goats kids and the blood parameters included RBC, WBC, PCV, MCV, MCH, MCHC, HGB, platelet, total protein, albumin, globulin, cholesterol, LDL, HDL. , urea, glucose, calcium and phosphorus were measured.

Investigating the growth performance did not show a significant effect between the final weight, daily weight gain, feed consumption and feed conversion ratio of the experimental treatments (P<0.05). The results of investigation of haematological parameters showed significant changes in the average concentration of white blood cells (WBC), the average volume of red blood cells (MCV) and platelets at the 35th day, as well as the average concentration of white blood cells and platelets at the 75th day of the experiment (P<0.05). The interaction effect of the feeding level of Ziziphus mauritiana leaves and the sampling time on the blood parameters of Adani fattening goat kids had only a significant effect on the average concentration of white blood cells (P<0.05). Investigation of blood biochemical parameters only showed that feeding of Ziziphus mauritiana leaves had significant effect on the average concentration of calcium at the 35th day and the average concentration of protein at the 75th day of the experiment (P<0.05). The interaction effect of the feeding level the Ziziphus mauritiana leaves and sampling time on the blood biochemical parameters of Adani goat kids had significant effect only on the average concentration of protein of the treatments (P<0.05).

Finally, the results of this study showed that Ziziphus mauritiana leaves can be used up to 20% of the forage consumption of Adni fattening goat kids without negative effect on haematological and blood biochemical parameters.

Growing salinity tolerant plants is a suitable way for usage of saline water resources. This research was carried out for identification of salinity tolerant ber rootstocks. The experiment was conducted using factorial arrangement based on randomized complete design in three replications. The treatments were four irrigation water salinities of 0.3, 3, 6, and 9 dS/m and three ber (Ziziphus spp.) species including Ziziphus mauritiana, Ziziphus nummularia, and Ziziphus spina-christi. The results showed that water salinity treatments had significant effect (P

Indian jujube is one of the most important tropical fruit which its cultivation is expanding in the southern provinces of Iran. In this study we evaluated the effects of different concentrations of calcium chloride spray, putrescine and salicylic acid on some quantitative and qualitative attributes and antioxidant activity at harvest time. Spraying on trees was carried out in two stages before commercial maturity at the rate of 0.5 and 1.5 percent calcium chloride, 1 and 2 mM putrescine, 1 and 2 mM salicylic acid, as well as distilled water (control). At the time of commercial maturity, fruits were harvested and immediately transported to the laboratory. Firmness, fruit length, fruit diameter, percent of fruit juice, pulp to pit ratio, total soluble solids, titratable acidity, pH, ascorbic acid, chlorophyll a, b and carotenoids, color parameters (L*, a* and b*), the chroma index, Hue angle and antioxidant activity were measured. The results showed that foliar application of calcium chloride, putrescine and salicylic acid favorably were effective on quantitative and qualitative characteristics of Sibi Indian jujube fruit. In the treated fruit compared to the control, TSS, carotenoids and a* were less but fruit firmness and diameter, percent of fruit juice, pulp to pit ratio, vitamin C, antioxidant activity, chlorophyll a and b, the index Chroma and Hue angle were higher than those of control. Parameter of total acid, pH, L* and b*in the treated fruit had no significant different with control. In general, calcium chloride at 1.5%, putrescine at 1 mM and salicylic acid at the rate of 2 mM were the best treatments to preserve the quantity and quality of fruit.