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T1 NUTRITIONAL VALUE OF COLOPHOSPERMUM MOPANE AS SOURCE OF BROWSE AND ITS CHEMICAL DEFENCES AGAINST BROWSERS: A REVIEW
A1 R. A. Makhado
A1 M. J. Potgieter
A1 W. J. Luus-Powell
JF Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences
JO JAPS
SN 1018-7081
VO 26
IS 3
SP 569
OP 576
YR 2016
FD 2016/06/01
DO DOI NA
AB <p>This is a review of the nutritional value of&nbsp;<em>Colophospermum mopane&nbsp;</em>leaves, twigs, pods and seeds and its chemical defence against browsers. This paper showed that&nbsp;<em>C. mopane&nbsp;</em>is nutritious and contain crude protein (CP), phosphorus (P), calcium (Ca), crude fibre (CF), energy, fatty acids and essential oil, which are necessary in the diet of herbivores. Despite the nutritional value of&nbsp;<em>C. mopane</em>, browsing is mainly during the dry season, when secondary metabolites such as total phenols (TP), condensed tannins (CT) and protein-precitating tannins (PPT) are relatively low. This paper further showed that the nutritional value and secondary metabolites are high during leaf flush, but declined during the dry season as the leaves matured and aged. The ability of&nbsp;<em>C. m</em><em>opane&nbsp;</em>to produce secondary metabolites is a critical adaptation mechanism in order to defend itself against browsers, especially during the growing season.</p>
K1 crude protein, leaf quality, nutrition, phenols, tannins, mopani woodland
PB Pakistan Agricultural Scientists Forum
LK https://thejaps.org.pk/AbstractView.aspx?mid=2016-JAPS-77