Publication Date
1997
Description
A field assay was established at three locations in northern Spain with the main objective of characterizing forage production and evaluating no-tillage methods as an alternative to the conventional labour practices. Three fields located in Guntìn (Galicia), Grado (Asturias) and Derio (Basque Country) were sown different rotations: Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum L.)-corn (Zea mays L.) and Italian ryegrass-sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench x sudangrass) under two different systems: conventional tillage (T) and no-tillage (NT). Italian ryegrass-corn rotation was more productive than the sorghum x sudangrass rotation in the three sites, with average forage yield varying from 17.8 t DM/ha in Derio to 15.0 t DM/ha in Guntìn. Corn under T treatment produced more than NT treatment (10.5 and 8.9 t DM/ha, respectively). Yield achieved in the T system was not large enough to compensate the extra labour cost involved in the T system.
Citation
Rodriquez-Juli, M; Bordegarai, I; Besga, G; Martinez, A; and Pineiro, J, "Corn or Sorghum/ Italian Ryegrass Forage Rotation Under Different Cultivation Systems in High Rainfall Areas of Spain" (2024). IGC Proceedings (1997-2023). 9.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/1997/session19/9
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Corn or Sorghum/ Italian Ryegrass Forage Rotation Under Different Cultivation Systems in High Rainfall Areas of Spain
A field assay was established at three locations in northern Spain with the main objective of characterizing forage production and evaluating no-tillage methods as an alternative to the conventional labour practices. Three fields located in Guntìn (Galicia), Grado (Asturias) and Derio (Basque Country) were sown different rotations: Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum L.)-corn (Zea mays L.) and Italian ryegrass-sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench x sudangrass) under two different systems: conventional tillage (T) and no-tillage (NT). Italian ryegrass-corn rotation was more productive than the sorghum x sudangrass rotation in the three sites, with average forage yield varying from 17.8 t DM/ha in Derio to 15.0 t DM/ha in Guntìn. Corn under T treatment produced more than NT treatment (10.5 and 8.9 t DM/ha, respectively). Yield achieved in the T system was not large enough to compensate the extra labour cost involved in the T system.
