10.57647/j.jrs.2025.1503.24

Sulla (Sulla coronaria L.) nutritive value in calcareous soil pastures of Mediterranean area

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  • Anass EL Yemlahi*1,
  • Abdelhay Arakrak1,
  • Mounir Hassani Zerrouk1,
  • Amin Laglaoui1,
  • Mohammed Ayadi2,
  • Mohammed Bakkali1,
  1. Biotechnology and Biomolecular Engineering Research Team, FSTT, Abdelmalek Essadi University Tetouan, Morocco
  2. Animal Production Research Unit, National Institute of Agricultural Research, 78 Av. Sidi Mohamed ben Abdellah, Tangier, Morocco

Received: 2024-03-28

Revised: 2024-06-27

Accepted: 2024-08-30

Published in Issue 2025-07-20

Copyright (c) 2025 Anass EL Yemlahi, Abdelhay Arakrak, Mounir Hassani Zerrouk, Amin Laglaoui, Mohammed Ayadi, Mohammed Bakkali (Author)

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Yemlahi, A. E., Arakrak, A., Zerrouk, M. H., Laglaoui, A., Ayadi, M., & Bakkali, M. (2025). Sulla (Sulla coronaria L.) nutritive value in calcareous soil pastures of Mediterranean area. Journal of Rangeland Science, 15(3). https://doi.org/10.57647/j.jrs.2025.1503.24
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Abstract

In this study investigated the nutritive value of Sulla harvested from two calcareous soil sites containing different concentrations of CaCO3, i.e. Kariat Benaouda (10.7%) and Mosmoda (26.0%) located in the northwest of Morocco. Small differences emerged among samples as a result of the sampling site's effect regarding the crude protein and fiber content. However, a significant variation was observed concerning the mineral composition, particularly for iron (Fe) content. Comparatively, Sulla at the Mosmoda site had a higher Fe concentration (875 mg/kg Dray Matter (DM) at the vegetative stage and 194 mg/kg DM at the flowering stage) than at Kariat Benaouda (139 and 15.1 mg/kg DM, respectively). The results of measured secondary metabolites show a high concentration of total phenolics and oxalate content during the flowering stage at the Mosmoda site (4.88 %DM and 27.87 mg/100g, respectively) as compared with the Kariat Benaouda site (3.37 %DM and 16.07 mg/100g). Overall, the plant could maintain a very high value of organic matter digestibility, at the vegetative stage at both harvesting sites (71.11%OM at the Mosmoda site and 84.16%OM at Kariat Benaouda). These findings indicate the efficiency of Sulla for animal nutrition, to improve calcareous soil pastures indigenous to the Mediterranean area.

Keywords

  • Sulla,
  • Chemical composition,
  • Antinutritional components,
  • Calcareous soil
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