The Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia (RBZ) is a publication dedicated to the broad field of Animal Science. We publish high-quality, original scientific research that spans across diverse areas within the discipline. The scope of RBZ encompasses a wide range of topics, including aquaculture, biometeorology and animal welfare, forage crops and grasslands, animal and forage plants breeding and genetics, animal reproduction, ruminant and non-ruminant nutrition, meat science and muscle biology, precision livestock, and animal production systems and agribusiness.
The Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia (RBZ) is a publication dedicated to the broad field of Animal Science. We publish high-quality, original scientific research that spans across diverse areas within the discipline. The scope of RBZ encompasses a wide range of topics, including aquaculture, biometeorology and animal welfare, forage crops and grasslands, animal and forage plants breeding and genetics, animal reproduction, ruminant and non-ruminant nutrition, meat science and muscle biology, precision livestock, and animal production systems and agribusiness.
The Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia (RBZ) is a publication dedicated to the broad field of Animal Science. We publish high-quality, original scientific research that spans across diverse areas within the discipline. The scope of RBZ encompasses a wide range of topics, including aquaculture, biometeorology and animal welfare, forage crops and grasslands, animal and forage plants breeding and genetics, animal reproduction, ruminant and non-ruminant nutrition, meat science and muscle biology, precision livestock, and animal production systems and agribusiness.
01/Feb/2008
André Fischer Sbrissia, Sila Carneiro da Silva
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-35982008000200006
The objective of this research was to compare three methods for estimating LAI in marandu palisadegrass (Brachiaria brizantha Hochst. ex A. Rich cv. Marandu) swards subjected to four grazing heights (10, 20, 30 and 40 cm) under continuous stocking by beef cattle. Evaluated methods were: (1) Direct, destructive (LAIDM); (2) Indirect, destructive, based on the use of tiller population density and mean leaf area per tiller (LAITPD); and (3) Indirect, non-destructive, based on the use of a LAI-2000 canopy analyser […]
Keywords: LAI; LAI-2000; sward height; tiller population density