Publication Date

1997

Location

Manitoba and Saskatchewan

Description

The effect of the animal on the pasture and their reverse consequence was studied on two replicated areas of 0.27 and 0.18 ha in a grasslegume sward established in a poorly humid drained soil in the Brazilian Cerrado. The A. pintoi BRA-031143 and P. atratum BRA- 009610 sward was evaluated during four consecutive years under two grazing pressures (GP). The imposed GP affected the botanical composition and pasture availability. Mean live weight gain/animal/ day under the two imposed GP varied from 387+17g, 578+68g, 697+35g and 687+123g between the 1992/93 and 1995/96 rainy seasons. During the dry season the LWG/animal/day varied from 203+16g and 99+36g for 1993 and 1994, respectively. The results showed the potential of the A.pintoi/P.atratum sward for the seasonally flooded land of the Cerrado ecosystem.

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Agronomic Evaluation of Novel Germplasm Under Grazing: Arachis Pintoi Bra-031143 and Paspalum Atratum Bra-009610

Manitoba and Saskatchewan

The effect of the animal on the pasture and their reverse consequence was studied on two replicated areas of 0.27 and 0.18 ha in a grasslegume sward established in a poorly humid drained soil in the Brazilian Cerrado. The A. pintoi BRA-031143 and P. atratum BRA- 009610 sward was evaluated during four consecutive years under two grazing pressures (GP). The imposed GP affected the botanical composition and pasture availability. Mean live weight gain/animal/ day under the two imposed GP varied from 387+17g, 578+68g, 697+35g and 687+123g between the 1992/93 and 1995/96 rainy seasons. During the dry season the LWG/animal/day varied from 203+16g and 99+36g for 1993 and 1994, respectively. The results showed the potential of the A.pintoi/P.atratum sward for the seasonally flooded land of the Cerrado ecosystem.