Publication Date
1985
Location
Kyoto Japan
Description
The effects of grazing intensity and frequency were investigated on a ryegrass/white clover pasture. Large differences in herbage mass between treatments arose mostly from ryegrass reproductive stubble during spring and mid-summer and from dead reproductive stubble during mid-summer and early autumn. Leafy, vegetative pastures were achieved during the reproductive growth period by maintaining a sward residual of less than 500 kg leaf DM/ha (sward height 9 cm) and a grazing interval of less than 14 days (pre-grazing height 20 cm). The evidence suggests that reducing the mass or size of individual reproductive tillers can be equally effective as that of reducing the number of reproductive tillers in maintaining the pasture in a leafy state.
Citation
Butler, B M.; Chu, A.C P.; Mathews, P.N P.; and Korte, C J., "Effects of Spring Mangement on Herbage Mass and Sward Characteristics in Ryegrass White Clover Pasture" (1985). IGC Proceedings (1985-2023). 1.
(URL: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/1985/ses11/1)
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Effects of Spring Mangement on Herbage Mass and Sward Characteristics in Ryegrass White Clover Pasture
Kyoto Japan
The effects of grazing intensity and frequency were investigated on a ryegrass/white clover pasture. Large differences in herbage mass between treatments arose mostly from ryegrass reproductive stubble during spring and mid-summer and from dead reproductive stubble during mid-summer and early autumn. Leafy, vegetative pastures were achieved during the reproductive growth period by maintaining a sward residual of less than 500 kg leaf DM/ha (sward height 9 cm) and a grazing interval of less than 14 days (pre-grazing height 20 cm). The evidence suggests that reducing the mass or size of individual reproductive tillers can be equally effective as that of reducing the number of reproductive tillers in maintaining the pasture in a leafy state.
