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Forage production ,Vegetative growth and Nutritive value of Moringa tree (Moringa peregrina ) و(Moringa oleifera ) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia إنتاجية العلف والنموالخضرى والقيمة الغذائية |
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Forage production ,Vegetative growth and Nutritive value of Moringa tree (Moringa peregrina ) و(Moringa oleifera ) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |
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Arabic |
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Most of the previous studies on Moringa concentrated on (M. oleifera ) because of its prevalence in the poor areas in Africa and Asia ; where most of most of the people in the rural areas search for edible natural food resources to support their living and fill the stomach in respective of the nutritive value of these resources . The reliance of some African tribes on the leaves of moringa as a local food and an income source motivated some of the scientific bodies to assess the nutritive value of the tree and its possible role in the compact of malnutrition. These studies revealed beyond no doubt that Moringa oleifera is the miracle or the life tree.
In the Arabian desert, the home of (Moringa peregrina or Moringa Arabica), it is observed that residents in Medinah,Wajah and Tohama areas, recognize the moringa tree under various names such as Alyser,Alban and Beehen tree and extract an valuable oil from its mature pods the traditional methods that involves crushing and boiling of the seeds and collection of the floating oil in the next day. It is noticed that the beheen oil has a special place in the areas and it is sold at high prices and used in cooking, medicine and cosmetics and skin softening. Other uses of pods or leaves were not reported in the areas and no research activities were carried out to assess the Arabian tree.
However, a recent visit carried out to the area extending between Al-Medinah Al_monawarah and al Wadjah indicated that the moringa trees are heavily grazed by sheep, goat , camel and cattle stocks and that grazing moringa trees increased both milk production, fat deposition, strength and fertility in grazing livestocks . Drinking milk of animal stocks fed on moringa Increased body strength and overall health conditions. These preliminary observations are in accordance with previous studies that indicated the nutritive value of the vegetative parts of moringa and its use in both man and animal nutrition. Thus, the present work is conducted to assess forage yield, growth rates and nutritive components of two moringa species namely, (Moringa peregrina) and (Moringa oleifera). It is hoped that the results of study will lead to the utilization of the tree in human nutrition and in feeds and forage production in the Kingdom |
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1428 AH
2007 AD |
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Monday, September 27, 2010 |
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Researchers
| حسين الجزولى عثمان | Osman, Hussein Elgizouli | Investigator | Doctorate | |
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