Effect of cutting height on forage production of Brachiaria sp. in the piedmont Plains of Colombia
To determine the effect of cutting height on forage production of the grass species Brachiaria decumbens, Brachiaria humidicola, Brachiaria dictyoneura, and Brachiaria brizantha this experiment was carried out at Corpoica’s La Libertad Research Center (Villavicencio, Colombia), under typical conditions found in the piedmont region heights were evaluated 0, 5, 10 and 20 cm in pastures B. decumbens, B. humidicola, B. dityoneura cv. Llanero and 0, 10, 20 and 30 cm for B. brizantha cv. Toledo. The evaluations were conducted during the rainy and dry seasons of 2009 and 2010. Greater biomass production was observed in in the grasses given greater cutting heights. The cuts made at lower heights negatively affected the forage production of the four grasses tested and resulted in a decrease in ground cover, especially in the B. brizantha cv. Toledo.
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| Format: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article biblioteca |
| Language: | spa |
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Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (Agrosavia)
2011
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| Subjects: | Producción forestal - K10, Plantas forrajeras, Brachiaria, Producción, Ganadería y especies menores, |
| Online Access: | http://revista.corpoica.org.co/index.php/revista/article/view/219 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12324/33881 |
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| Summary: | To determine the effect of cutting height on forage production of the grass species Brachiaria decumbens, Brachiaria humidicola, Brachiaria dictyoneura, and Brachiaria brizantha this experiment was carried out at Corpoica’s La Libertad Research Center (Villavicencio, Colombia), under typical conditions found in the piedmont region heights were evaluated 0, 5, 10 and 20 cm in pastures B. decumbens, B. humidicola, B. dityoneura cv. Llanero and 0, 10, 20 and 30 cm for B. brizantha cv. Toledo. The evaluations were conducted during the rainy and dry seasons of 2009 and 2010. Greater biomass production was observed in in the grasses given greater cutting heights. The cuts made at lower heights negatively affected the forage production of the four grasses tested and resulted in a decrease in ground cover, especially in the B. brizantha cv. Toledo. |
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