Offered Papers Theme A: Efficient Production from Grassland

Publication Date

2005

Location

Dublin Ireland

Description

Tropical grasses are cultivated mostly as annuals in the warm region of SW Japan. They have a long-term sowing time after harvesting temperate Italian ryegrass. We compared the early growth of tropical grasses in a controlled environment vs. field data at 2 sowing times to determine their temperate response.

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Temperature Response Comparison of Controlled and Field Environments for Four Tropical Grasses

Dublin Ireland

Tropical grasses are cultivated mostly as annuals in the warm region of SW Japan. They have a long-term sowing time after harvesting temperate Italian ryegrass. We compared the early growth of tropical grasses in a controlled environment vs. field data at 2 sowing times to determine their temperate response.