Techniques in Forage Quality Analysis

Dr. Rajan Katoch is presently working as a Principal Scientist at CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur, India. He has more than 25 year’s of research experience in the field of Biochemistry and Molecular biology. He is actively involved in research on nutritional evaluation of forages and has headed more than ten research projects sponsored by prestigious organizations. He has received several prestigious awards and honors, such as the Young Scientist Award, award from CSIR, Government of India for excellence in biochemistry, Group Study Exchange (GSE) fellowship from South America (Brazil), ICAR fellowship, and DBT Crest Award. He has also received “appreciation award” from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for his exemplary work on rice bean protease inhibitor as a transgene for resistance. He has the credit of nutritional profiling of major grasses, legumes, fodder trees, and nonconventional forage resources of Indian Himalayas. He isa fellow and member of various professional societies. He has published over 100 papers in high impact peer-reviewed international and national journals and has authored ten successful books with prestigious publishers.. ​

1. Introduction.- 2. Forage quality vis-a vis livestock productivity.- 3. Forage Quality Indices.- 4. Forage quality components.- 5. Management of anti-nutrients in forages.- 6. General scheme for forage quality analysis.- 7. Laboratory essentials for forage evaluation.- 8. Solutions and buffers in estimations.- 9. Estimation of nutritional components in forages.- 10. Estimation of anti-quality and anti-nutritional factors in forages.- 11. Estimation of mineral content in forages.- 12. Estimation of phytochemicals and enzyme activities in forages.- 13. Quality Estimation of Natural Grasslands and Pastures. 14. Nutritional Quality of Important Forages.- 15. Conservation and processing of forages.- 16. Factors Affecting Forage Quality.- 17. Forage Nutritional Quality Management.