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Provedor de dados: | Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
País: | Brazil
Título: | Productivity and nutritive value of elephant grass pastures under organic and conventional production systems
Autores: | SIMONETTI,GABRIELA D.; OLIVO,CLAIR J.; SEIBT,DAIANE C.; BRATZ,VINICIUS F.; SAUTHIER,JULIO C.; ADAMS,CARINE B.
Data: | 2019-01-01
Ano: | 2019
Palavras-chave: | Crude protein; Dairy cows; Pennisetum purpureum Schum; Production of forage; Stocking rate.
Resumo: | Abstract: Elephant grass (EG) (Pennisetum purpureum Schum.) have great importance in tropical and subtropical climates, especially on dairy farms. Normally, EG is established alone under high fertilization levels. EG in organic production system can improve low production costs and environmental issues, are still little known. The aim of this research was to evaluate the performance of herbage yield, nutritive value, extraction/ export nutrient and forage yield and animal responses. Three production systems of EG were analyzed: (i) EG mixed spontaneous-growing species (SGE) in warm-season and ryegrass (R) in cool-season under organic production; (ii) EG mixed SGE + R under conventional system (positive control); and (iii) EG based under conventional production (control). Holstein cows were used in a rotational stocking. Forage samples were collected to evaluate the pasture and animal responses. Seven grazing cycles were performed during the experimental period (312 days). Herbage yield, forage intake, and stocking rate were 12548; 10270; 19168 kg ha-1 and 2.5; 2.6; 2.7% and 3.3; 2.1; 4.5 AU ha-1 day-1, respectively. Crude protein of EG was 17.9; 15.4; 16.4%, respectively. Mixed pastures, in conventional and organic production, had a better forage distribution throughout the seasons. Highest forage yield and extraction/ export nutrient was reported in pure EG within the conventional system.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652019000300852
Editor: | Academia Brasileira de Ciências
Relação: | 10.1590/0001-3765201920180011
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências  v.91 n.2 2019
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess