Publication Date
1997
Description
A grazing trial using guinea and coloniao (Panicum maximum), setaria (Setaria sphacelata), andropogon (Andropogon gayanus), and signalgrass (Brachiaria decumbens) was conducted during three grazing cycles: 1st cycle - Apr. 5, 1984 to Jul. 23, 1984; 2nd - Dec. 4, 1984 to Oct. 30, 1985 and 3rd - Jan. 16, 1986 to Jan. 15, 1987. It was also used with four stocking rates- T1= 0.8, T2= 1.0, T3= 1.2, and T4= 1.4 animal units/ha (AU/ha). In the 2nd period signalgrass was discarded because of poor condition of the pastures, and in the last grazing cycle only andropogon and setaria were used because the other grasses presented a very poor stand. LWG/ha varied from grass to grass, and according to the grazing period. Andropogon always allowed poor cattle performance. The other grasses did not present a great variation, except for the 1st period, which was a short period.
Citation
Andrade, I F. and Oliveira, M A., "Productivity of Grasses in a Pasture in the Cerrado Area of the "Triangulo Mineiro"" (2024). IGC Proceedings (1997-2023). 64.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/1997/session22/64
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Productivity of Grasses in a Pasture in the Cerrado Area of the "Triangulo Mineiro"
A grazing trial using guinea and coloniao (Panicum maximum), setaria (Setaria sphacelata), andropogon (Andropogon gayanus), and signalgrass (Brachiaria decumbens) was conducted during three grazing cycles: 1st cycle - Apr. 5, 1984 to Jul. 23, 1984; 2nd - Dec. 4, 1984 to Oct. 30, 1985 and 3rd - Jan. 16, 1986 to Jan. 15, 1987. It was also used with four stocking rates- T1= 0.8, T2= 1.0, T3= 1.2, and T4= 1.4 animal units/ha (AU/ha). In the 2nd period signalgrass was discarded because of poor condition of the pastures, and in the last grazing cycle only andropogon and setaria were used because the other grasses presented a very poor stand. LWG/ha varied from grass to grass, and according to the grazing period. Andropogon always allowed poor cattle performance. The other grasses did not present a great variation, except for the 1st period, which was a short period.
