Theme 02: Grass-Legume Mixtures
Publication Date
2001
Location
Brazil
Description
Little is known about the relative performance of weeping lovegrass in mixtures with alfalfa. Our objective was to compare the productivity and forage quality of monocultures and binary mixtures of the species. Mixtures always gave higher yields than any of the monocultures and the highest was obtained in the mixture with the largest proportion of alfalfa. In the second year weeping lovegrass N concentration in the mixtures were higher than in monoculture. Weeping lovegrass did not affect the alfalfa N concentration. There was not differences in the NDF, for between these species.
Citation
Laborde, H.; Brevedan, R. E.; Varillas, M. A.; and Fioretti, M. N., "Yield and Forage Quality in Alfalfa-Weeping Lovegrass Mixtures" (2001). IGC Proceedings (1985-2023). 11.
(URL: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/19/2/11)
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Yield and Forage Quality in Alfalfa-Weeping Lovegrass Mixtures
Brazil
Little is known about the relative performance of weeping lovegrass in mixtures with alfalfa. Our objective was to compare the productivity and forage quality of monocultures and binary mixtures of the species. Mixtures always gave higher yields than any of the monocultures and the highest was obtained in the mixture with the largest proportion of alfalfa. In the second year weeping lovegrass N concentration in the mixtures were higher than in monoculture. Weeping lovegrass did not affect the alfalfa N concentration. There was not differences in the NDF, for between these species.
