Green crops - Green crops

Japanese: 青刈作物 - あおがりさくもつ

…Soiling has the advantage of increasing the appetite of livestock by giving them fresh raw stems and leaves, preventing the loss of nutrients and vitamins in the feed, and eliminating the need to turn it into hay or silage, but it has the disadvantage that only the amount needed must be harvested each day. Crops used for soiling are called soiling crops. Generally, crops grown for their grains are harvested before the grains ripen or before they flower. …

From [Pasture]

…Green manure crops such as milk vetch and wild grasses are also highly nutritious and palatable, so when they are cultivated for the purpose of being used as feed, they are called pasture grasses. In contrast, edible fruit plants and root vegetables that have been improved for roughage production are usually called green crops to distinguish them from pasture grasses. Pasture grasses have lush plants, especially leaves, that are highly nutritious, produce many seeds, have a strong regenerative power, and often grow even in poor environments that hinder photosynthesis, such as low temperatures, lack of sunlight, and dry areas. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "green crops" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…青刈りは新鮮な生の茎葉を家畜に与えるため家畜の食欲を増し，飼料の栄養成分やビタミン類の損失がなく，乾草やサイレージとする手間がかからない利点がある反面，必要量だけを毎日刈り取らなくてはならないという欠点がある。　青刈りに用いる作物を青刈作物soiling cropと呼ぶ。一般には子実を採るために栽培する作物を，子実が熟す前にあるいは花の咲く前に青刈りして利用することが多い。…

【牧草】より

…レンゲのような緑肥作物や野草も，栄養価が高く，嗜好（しこう）性もよいため，飼料として利用する目的で栽培されるときには牧草と呼ばれる。これに対し，食用となる子実植物や根菜類が粗飼料生産用に改良されたものは，牧草と区別してふつう青刈作物と呼ばれる。牧草は，植物体，とくに葉がよく繁茂して，栄養価が高く，種子が多くとれ，再生力が強く，低温，日照不足，乾燥地など光合成に支障をきたすような不良環境の下でも育つものが多い。…

※「青刈作物」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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