Animal Nutrition and Feed Technology (2016) 16: 363-372 doi: 10.5958/0974-181X.2016.00032.9

Methane Production Potential of Fruit and Vegetable Wastes In Vitro J.S. Lamba, M. Wadhwa and M.P.S. Bakshi* Department of Animal Nutrition Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University Ludhiana-141 004, India (Received November 18, 2015)

ABSTRACT Lamba, J.S., Wadhwa, M. and Bakshi, M.P.S. 2016. Methane production potential of fruit and vegetable wastes in vitro. Animal Nutrition and Feed Technology, 16: 363-372. The main aim of this study was to assess the methane production potential and nutritional worth of fruit and vegetable wastes (FVWs) as livestock feed by in-vitro/in-sacco techniques. The selected FVWs [cabbage leaves (CabLs), cauliflower leaves (CauLs), empty pea pods (PPs), sarson saag waste (SSW) and fruit juice waste without peels (FJW)] were rich in protein varying from 14.6% (SSW) to 20% (CabLs); and EE varying between 2.2% (CauLs) to 3.2% (PPs). The SSW had the highest and CauLs had the lowest amount of cell wall components. The net gas production (NGP) was the highest (P