PROTEIN FRACTIONATION OF SOME TREE LEAVES USING CORNELLNET CARBOHYDRATE AND PROTEIN SYSTEM (CNCPS)

Ritika Gupta, T.K. Dutta1, Mayank Gautam, Swati Shivani, Tarun Kumar Varun and Digvijay SinghAnimal Nutrition Division, ICAR- National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal-132001, (Haryana)

ABSTRACTTen tree leaves samples of species i.e., Terminalia tomentosa (asan), Bauhinia

variegate (kachnar), Artocarpus heterophyllus (jackfruit), Psidium guajava (guava),Glycosmis pehtaphylla (bannimbu), Scheffera sp., Smilax macrophylla (rampata), Leucaenaleucocephala (subabul), Butea monosperma (palas) and Shorea robusta (sal) were assessedon the basis of protein fractions under Cornell net carbohydrate and protein system(CNCPS). Fraction PA content of legume tree fodders was lower than that of nonlegume tree fodders. Fraction PB1 and PB2 were higher for T. tomentosa and B. variegate,respectively. Out of the rest of the trees, L. leucocephala and Butea monosperma leaveshad the better protein fractions. Unavailable protein fraction i.e. fraction PC waslower in these tree leaves in comparison to others.

1 Principal Scientist, Animal Nutrition Section, ERS of ICAR- NDRI, Kalyani-741235, (West Bengal), India* Corresponding author email: naina0612@gmail.com

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