This work aimed to evaluate dry matter production, leaf/stem ratio and growth indexes of palisade grass cv. Xaraés grown under increasing nitrogen and potassium rates. The experiment was carried out in a greenhouse from November, 2004 until February, 2005. The experimental treatments consisted of a 4 ´ 3 factorial arrangement between nitrogen and potassium rates respectively. Nitrogen rates were 0, 75, 150, and 225 mg dm-3, whereas potassium rates were 0; 50 and 100 mg dm-3. The experiment design was […]

It was assessed the evolution of tillering, forage biomass, leaf area index (LAI), interception of photosynthetically active radiation (IPAR), efficiency of radiation use (ERU) in Panicum maximum “cv” Mombaça during the regrowth period of the grass, in the Summer and Autumn seasons. Similarly, grass growth indices were assessed: net assimilation rate (NAR), leaf area ratio (LAR) and relative growth rate (RGR). All these variables were estimated from field observations taken on the 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th, 35th, 42nd and 49th […]

The canopy growth of Mombaçagrass was assessed under intermittent stocking with three rest periods, characterized by the time required for the expansion of 2.5, 3.5, and 4.5 new leaf blades per tiller, after grazing periods of six days. The experimental area was divided into five or six paddocks per treatment. Five crossbreed (Holstein x Zebu) steers were randomly assigned to each treatment. Extra steers were also used to achieve residual leaf area index of about 2.0, by the end of […]

This research was conducted with the objective of determining growth of Brachiaria brizantha (A. Rich.) Stapf. cv. Marandu under nitrogen (N) rates (28, 112, 210, 294 and 378 mg/L, where N-NO3– : N-NH4+ of 70%:30% proportion was kept constant) and growth ages (21, 28, 35, 42, 49 and 56 days after seedling emergence). The experiment was carried out in greenhouse conditions, with nutrient solution and using ground quartz as substrate. The experimental design used was a complete randomized block design, […]

A trial was carried out in green-house to estimate morphogenic traits and growth indices of Mombaçagrass development. Three growths were considered: the seminal, establishment growth (G1) and the regrowths following a clipping taken on the 16th (G2) and 37th (G3) days of the seminal growth. The variables assessed were the growth indices: relative growth rate (RGR), net assimilation rate (NAR), leaf area ratio (LAR), and the rates of leaf appearance, elongation, expansion and senescence. Accordingly, harvests were taken at the […]

The objective of this work was to analyze the growth of three cultivars of Panicum maximum: Mombaça, Tanzânia and Vencedor grown in pots, under a transparent plastic cover. The pots were filled with 6 dm3 of redyellow latossol, clayish texture, with high organic matter content. The soil, after sifted, was limed and enriched with N and P, 150 mg/dm3 of each element. The seeds were seeded in the pots, in a total of 54. After thinning, five seedlings were left […]