Objective
Forage maize is a pillar component of ruminant diets. It is particularly important in dairy cattle where, due to its high energetic value, maize silage has a unique ability to provide sufficient energy to sustain milk production and it increases the efficiency of milk production by improving milk yield and quality. In order to maximize the chances of success in the breeding of maize for improved forage use efficiency, a better understanding of the plant parameters involved, and of their "interactions" with the animal, needs to be developed. In 3 phases:
(1) Identification of the key plant parameters involved in maize forage use efficiency, and understanding of their relationships.
(2) Unravelling of the genetic determinism of these key plant parameters, and of their potential genetic inter-relationships.
(3) Assessment of the impact of altering these characteristics; through changes in allele composition at some of their major explanatory loci, on milk production, feeding behaviour, animal welfare and the environment.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
- agricultural sciences animal and dairy science dairy
- agricultural sciences agriculture, forestry, and fisheries agriculture industrial crops fodder
- agricultural sciences animal and dairy science domestic animals animal husbandry
- natural sciences biological sciences biological behavioural sciences ethology
- agricultural sciences agriculture, forestry, and fisheries agriculture grains and oilseeds cereals
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31790 SAINT SAUVEUR
France
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