Michael Blümmel

Best Publications

• Biomass use, production, feed efficiencies, and greenhouse gas emissions from global livestock systems

  Mario T. Herrero;Petr Havlík;Hugo Valin;An Maria Omer Notenbaert

  1371
  Citations

• Formation of complexes between polyvinyl pyrrolidones or polyethylene glycols and tannins, and their implication in gas production and true digestibility in in vitro techniques

  H. P. S. Makkar;M. Blümmel;K. Becker

  895
  Citations

• In vitro gas production: a technique revisited

  M. Blümmel;H. P. S. Makkar;K. Becker

  736
  Citations

• In vitro effects of and interactions between tannins and saponins and fate of tannins in the rumen

  Harinder P S Makkar;Michael Blümmel;Klaus Becker

  460
  Citations

• The relationship between in vitro gas production, in vitro microbial biomass yield and 15N incorporation and its implications for the prediction of voluntary feed intake of roughages.

  M Blümmel;H Steingass;K Becker

  423
  Citations

• The degradability characteristics of fifty-four roughages and roughage neutral-detergent fibres as described by in vitro gas production and their relationship to voluntary feed intake

  M. Blümmel;K. Becker

  313
  Citations

• Crop management factors influencing yield and quality of crop residues

  B.V.S. Reddy;P. Sanjana Reddy;F.R. Bidinger;Michael Blümmel

  242
  Citations

• Effects of Fractions Containing Saponins from Yucca schidigera, Quillaja saponaria, and Acacia auriculoformis on Rumen Fermentation

  Harinder P. S. Makkar;Sucharita Sen;Michael Blümmel;Klaus Becker

  194
  Citations

• LivestockPlus - The sustainable intensification of forage-based agricultural systems to improve livelihoods and ecosystem services in the tropics *

  I. Rao;M. Peters;A. Castro;R. Schultze-Kraft

  193
  Citations

• A note on the stoichiometrical relationship of short chain fatty acid production and gas formation in vitro in feedstuffs of widely differing quality

  M. Blümmel;K. ‐P. Aiple;H. Steingaβ;K. Becker

  168
  Citations

• Pathways for sustainable development of mixed crop livestock systems: Taking a livestock and pro-poor approach ☆

  Shirley A. Tarawali;Mario T. Herrero;Katrien Descheemaeker;Elaine E. Grings

  162
  Citations

• Integrating crops and livestock in subtropical agricultural systems.

  Iain A. Wright;Shirley A. Tarawali;Michael Blümmel;Bruno G. Gerard

  150
  Citations

• Influence of diet on growth yields of rumen micro-organisms in vitro and in vivo: influence on growth yield of variable carbon fluxes to fermentation products.

  M. Blümmel;A. Karsli;J. R. Russell

  141
  Citations

• Opportunities for marker-assisted selection (MAS) to improve the feed quality of crop residues in pearl millet and sorghum

  C.T. Hash;A.G. Bhasker Raj;S. Lindup;A. Sharma;A. Sharma

  102
  Citations

• Economic value of sorghum stover traded as fodder for urban and peri-urban dairy production in Hyderabad, India

  Michael Blümmel;P.P. Rao

  91
  Citations

• Yield gap analyses to estimate attainable bovine milk yields and evaluate options to increase production in Ethiopia and India

  D. Mayberry;Andrew J. Ash;D. Prestwidge;Cécile M. Godde

  87
  Citations

• Comparison of methane produced by straw fed sheep in open-circuit respiration with methane predicted by fermentation characteristics measured by an in vitro gas procedure

  M. Blümmel;D.I. Givens;A.R. Moss

  82
  Citations

• Improving the production and utilization of sorghum and pearl millet as livestock feed: progress towards dual-purpose genotypes

  Michael Blümmel;E. Zerbini;B.V.S. Reddy;C.T. Hash

  80
  Citations

• In vitro rumen apparent and true digestibilities of tannin-rich forages

  H.P.S. Makkar;M. Blümmel;K. Becker

  75
  Citations

• Methodological considerations in using gas production techniques for estimating ruminal microbial efficiencies for silage-based diets ☆

  Elaine E. Grings;Michael Blümmel;K.H. Sudekum

  74
  Citations

• Disease management factors influencing yield and quality of sorghum and groundnut crop residues

  S Pande;R Bandyopadhyay;M Blümmel;J Narayana Rao

  68
  Citations

• Cowpea and Groundnut Haulms Fodder Trading and Its Lessons for Multidimensional Cowpea Improvement for Mixed Crop Livestock Systems in West Africa.

  Anandan Samireddypalle;Ousmane Boukar;Elaine Grings;Christian A. Fatokun

  43
  Citations