Yield and quality of winter cereal-legume fodder mixtures and their pure stand under temperate conditions of Kashmir Valley, India

Three cereals viz. oats (Avena sativa L.), barley (Hordeum vulgare) and annual rye grass (Lolium multiflorum) were evaluated in pure stands as well as in mixtures of 50:50 ratios with common vetch (Vicia sativa L.) and field pea (Pisum sativum) under temperate conditions of Kashmir Valley to address the problem of nutritious green fodder for livestock. The experiment was sown during third week of October in a randomized complete block design at Mountain Livestock Research Institute (MLRI), Manasbal of Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST-K), Srinagar Kashmir.