Leguminous forages are rich in proteins, minerals and vitamins. Legumes do not only increase soil fertility but also more helpful controlling soil erosion. Increasing leguminous portion in animal diet increases protein content that enhances voluntary intake and digestibility of entire animal diet. Setaria grass (Setaria anceps) was grown with warm season legumes; i.e. Cow peas (Vigna ungiculata var. P-518) and Rice bean (Vigna umbellata) in different ratios to evaluate fresh biomass, dry matter yield and moisture contents at the National Agricultural Research Centre under the sub-tropical, sub-humid conditions of the Pothowar Plateau during 2004. The combination of 50% Cow peas and 50% Rice bean showed maximum fresh biomass (1406gm-2 ), dry matter yield (376gm-2 ) and moisture contents (73.5%) followed by the combination of 50% Setaria anceps (grass) with two summer legumes (25% Cowpeas and 25% Rice bean) having fresh biomass (1047 gm-2 ), dry matter yield (359 gm-2 ) and moisture contents (67%). This revealed that alone Setaria anceps had the poorest results than the grass legumes mixture and binary legumes mixture.
M. Arshad Ullah, Maqsood Anwar, A. Razzaq, S. A. R Zaidi, S. Bano, K.H. Abbasi. (2007) EVALUATION OF SETARIA ANCEPS AS AFFECTED BY SUMMER LEGUMES IN THE POTHOWAR PLATEAU OF PAKISTAN, , Volume 4, Issue 2&3.
