@inproceedings{e5b3445bc564485e91e12c163f5400d4,
title = "The effect of ribwort plantain (Plantago lanceolata) on enteric methane emission during grazing",
abstract = "Herb-rich grasslands are of increasing interest due to their potential properties for reducing enteric methane (CH4) emission and increasing biodiversity. The objective of this study was to compare enteric CH4 emission of cows grazing on perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne, LP) pastures with and without ribwort plantain (Plantago lanceolata, PL). Thirty-two dairy cows were blocked and assigned to one of the treatments: LP and LP with PL (LP-PL) in Duplo on adjacent pastures that received the same grassland management. Cows were continuously grazing for four weeks per period: two weeks of adaptation and two weeks of measurement period. The trial was repeated three times in 2022: May-Jun (period 1), Jul-Aug (period 2) and Sept-Oct (period 3). Enteric CH4 emission was measured using GreenFeed. A restricted maximum likelihood (REML) analysis was done with pasture and botanical composition (LP / LP-PL) as fixed effects and block as random effect. The CH4 production and yield was significantly higher for LP-PL compared to LP (P<0.001 and P=0.046, respectively). This study did not show a CH4 reduction potential of PL, but that may be due to the low proportion of PL in the pasture and the possibility for cows to select while grazing.",
author = "L. Koning and G. Holshof and A. Klop and C.W. Klootwijk",
year = "2024",
language = "English",
series = "Grassland Science in Europe",
publisher = "Brill",
pages = "214--216",
editor = "C.W. Klootwijk and M. Bruinenberg and M. Cougnon and N.J. Hoekstra and R. Ripoll-Bosch and S. Schelfhout and R.L.M. Schils and {Vanden Nest}, T. and {van Eekeren}, N. and W. Voskamp-Harkema and {van den Pol-van Dasselaar}, A.",
booktitle = "Why grasslands?",
address = "Netherlands",
note = "30th General Meeting of the European Grassland Federation (EGF2024) : Why grasslands? ; Conference date: 09-06-2024 Through 13-06-2024",
}