Grazing Management for the Control of Vulpia spp. in Pastures

Presenter Information

C E. Jones, University of New England
R.D B. Whalley, University of New England

Publication Date

1993

Description

The effect of strategic grating in spring and autumn on seed production, recruitment and seedling survival of Vulp/11 spp. was assessed in experiments at 2 sites near Armidale on the northern Tablelands of New South Wales. V11lpia spp. field populations in 1992 in autumn-grazed plots which had been heavily grazed in the previous spring were reduced 97.391, at Site 1 and 91,291, at Site 2 in comparison with similar plots which had not been grazed in the previous spring. These reductions were greater than could have been obtained by either winter cleaning or spraytopping with herbicide, the currently recommended management practices for Vulpia spp, control on the northern Tablelands and were obtained without the undesirable changes in botanical composition which often accompany chemical treatments,

Citation

Jones, C E. and Whalley, R.D B., "Grazing Management for the Control of Vulpia spp. in Pastures" (2024). IGC Proceedings (1993-2023). 22.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/1993/session11/22