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Giacomini,Alessandra Aparecida; Silva,Sila Carneiro da; Sarmento,Daniel Oliveira de Lucena; Zeferino,Cauê Varesqui; Souza Júnior,Salim Jacaúna; Trindade,Júlio Kuhn da; Guarda,Vítor del'Alamo; Nascimento Júnior,Domicio do. |
Grazing strategies alter sward leaf area patterns of growth, affecting herbage accumulation and utilisation. The objective of this experiment was to evaluate the growth of marandu palisadegrass (Brachiaria brizantha cv. Marandu) swards subjected to strategies of intermittent stocking. The experiment was carried out in Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil, from October/2004 to September/2005. Swards were grazed at 95 and 100% canopy light interception (LI) to post-grazing heights of 10 and 15 cm, following a 2 × 2 factorial arrangement with four replications in a randomised complete block design. The response variables evaluated were: crop growth rate, relative growth rate, net assimilation rate, leaf area ratio and leaf weight ratio. In early and late spring, the... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Brachiaria brizantha; Canopy light interception; Regrowth; Grazing management. |
Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-90162009000600003 |
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