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Nutritional Quality Management of Forages in the Himalayan Region

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Authors:
  1. Rajan Katoch

    1. Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Genetics & Plant Breeding, CSKHPKV, Palampur, India

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  • Includes topics under nutritional quality of forage like nutrients and anti-nutrients

  • Describes methodologies and tools for nutrient quality evaluation

  • Discusses nutritional quality of forage grasses, forage legumes, tree fodder in the Himalayan region

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxix
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  2. Overview

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    Pages 1-20

  3. Impact of Forage Availability on Livestock Rearing and Socioeconomic Aspects

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    Pages 21-47

  4. Forage Resources in Himalayan Region

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    Pages 49-91

  5. Constraints Affecting Forage Availability in Himalayan Region

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    Pages 93-98

  6. Factors Influencing Forage Nutritional Quality

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    Pages 99-149

  7. Forage Genetic Resources (FGR)

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    Pages 151-166

  8. Approaches for Nutritional Quality Improvement in Forages

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    Pages 167-192

  9. Nutritional and Anti-Nutritional Constituents in Forages

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    Pages 193-223

  10. Nutritional Quality Estimation of Forages

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    Pages 225-278

  11. Nutritional Quality of Major Forage Grasses of Himalayan Region

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    Pages 279-308

  12. Forage Legumes in Himalayan Region

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    Pages 309-353

  13. Fodder Trees in Mitigating Forage Demand

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    Pages 355-382

  14. Prospects of Nonconventional Feed Resources of Himalayan Region

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    Pages 383-398

  15. Quality and Digestibility of Crop Residues

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    Pages 399-463

  16. Biotechnological Techniques for Nutritional Quality Improvement in Forages

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    Pages 465-492

  17. Lignin: Possible Manipulations in Forages

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    Pages 493-527

  18. Postharvest Processing and Preservation of Forages

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    Pages 529-546

  19. Effect of Harvest and Storage on Forage Quality

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    Pages 547-555

  20. Challenges and Opportunities in Forage Production and Livestock Management in the Himalayan Region

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    Pages 557-567
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Keywords

About this book


The book discusses up-to-date and detailed information about the nutritional quality of forage in the biodiversity-rich Himalayan region and their potential in livestock feeding.

• Provides a comprehensive discussion on the prospects of Himalayan forages.

• Collates findings and data based on more than two decades of research on nutritional quality of different temperate grasses, fodder trees, legumes and non-conventional forage resources.

• Includes information on different forage resources, nutritional quality of forages, niche based nutritive forage species, varietal improvement of different species for nutritionally rich forages, non-conventional forages and modern biotechnological intervention for quality improvement of forages.

• Offers a valuable resource of information on forages for researchers and policymakers

• Include information oriented toward livestock feeding, influencing their health, production and productivity affecting economic status of farmers.

• Presents exhaustive information on forage species along with pictorial presentations.

 

The target audience will be researchers and scientists in public and private institutions (e.g. government, academia, dairy industry), policy planners, animal nutritionists and students. The monograph is relevant for the readers interested in understanding forage quality for livestock feeding and suggest models for quality improvement of forages worldwide, in similar topographies. It is also relevant to the researchers studying forage improvement and biofortification for nutritional enhancement for improving livestock health and productivity

Authors and Affiliations

  • Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Genetics & Plant Breeding, CSKHPKV, Palampur, India

    Rajan Katoch

About the author

Dr. Rajan Katoch is currently working in the Department of Genetics & Plant Breeding at CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur. He has more than two decades research and teaching experience in the field of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. He is actively involved in research on nutritional evaluation and quality improvement of forages and headed more than ten research projects as Principal Investigator funded by prestigious government organizations. He has received several prestigious awards and honors including Young Scientist Award, Award from CSIR for excellence in biochemistry, Group Study Exchange (GSE) fellowship from South America (Brazil), ICAR fellowship and DBT Crest Award from Govt. of India. He has also received “appreciation awards” from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for his exemplary work on ricebean protease inhibitor as a transgene for resistance. He is a fellow and member of various professional societies and secretary of the Indian Society of Agricultural Biochemists (PC). He has published over 150 papers in high impact peer-reviewed international and national journals and has authored more than ten successful books with prestigious publishers.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Nutritional Quality Management of Forages in the Himalayan Region

  • Authors: Rajan Katoch

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-5437-4

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2022

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-16-5436-7Published: 13 April 2022

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-16-5439-8Published: 15 April 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-16-5437-4Published: 12 April 2022

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIX, 590

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Agriculture, Food Science, Biotechnology, Nutrition, Plant Biochemistry

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