Morphogenetic and structural characteristics of the native grasses of the Pampa Biome Andropogon lateralis, Aristida laevis, Axonopus affinis, Erianthus angustifolius, Paspalum notatum, Paspalum plicatulum, Piptochaetium montevidense and Sorghastrum pellitum were evaluated as to the effect of nitrogen (N) fertilization (zero and 100 kg N/ha). The experimental design was of randomized blocks with three replicates in a 8 × 2 (native grasses × N) factorial arrangement. Accumulated thermal sums of 350 and 700 degree days determined the interval between cuts for […]

The objectives of this study were to evaluate morphogenetic characteristics and tillering dynamics in Tanzania grass fertilized and non-fertilized with nitrogen, under intermittent grazing, in the spring and the summer. The main plots were composed of four nitrogen rates (0, 100, 200 and 300 kg/ha) and the subplots were growth seasons: spring (October, November and December) and summer (January, February and March). The experimental design was of randomized block with plots subdivided by time (seasons of the year) and four […]

The biomass flow of Panicum maximum cv. Tanzania under intermittent stocking with four concentrate supplementation levels, with three grazing periods and 21 rest periods was evaluated. A split plot design, with supplementation level (0.0, 0.6, 1.2 and 1.8% of live weight) and grazing cycles as sub-parcels, with three replicates (paddocks) by treatment was used. There was no effect between supplementation levels and grazing cycles on the leaves 1 and 2 TAlF ratio, averaging 0.69. There was a square effect of […]

Some morphophysiological responses of Brachiaria brizantha cv. Marandu, cv. Piatã, cv. Arapoty, B163, B166 and B. ruziziensis R124 were compared in plants grown in pots, under flooded and well-drained conditions. Flooding reduced leaf elongation rate in all accessions. Leaf dry mass production was lower under flooding than in the control plants in all the studied accessions, except in cv. Piatã. Root dry mass production was reduced by flooding in cv. Marandu and in R124, while the proportion of biomass allocated […]

The biomass flow in Panicum maximum cv. Tanzânia pasture grazed by sheep under three resting periods (PD), defined by the expansion of 1.5; 2.5 and 3.5 new leaves per tiller (1.5F; 2.5F and 3.5F, respectively) was evaluated in a randomized completely design with two replicates (paddocks). It was determined the leaf elongation rate (TAlF), the residual leaf senescence rate (TSFA), the post-grazing leaf senescence rate (TSFP) and the total leaf senescence rate (TSFT), the stem elongation rate (TAlH), the TAlF […]

The tissue flow and structural traits of Panicum maximum cv. Mombaça canopy were evaluated under intermittent stocking, with rest period (RP) defined in terms of the time required for the expansion of 2.5; 3.5 and 4.5 new leaves per tiller. The pasture treatment was divided into five or six paddocks (replicates) per treatment, observing a completely randomized design. One group of five Holstein-Zebu crossbred steers, as testers, grazed the paddocks of the respective treatment during six days. Put and taken […]

The objective of this trial was to evaluate morphogenic response of Lolium multiflorum Lam. and Paspalum urvillei Steud., under levels of nitrogen fertilization (100, 200 and 300 kg/ha of N). Steers grazing this pasture received different energy levels supplementation (0.0, 0.4 and 0.8% of live weight [LW]), respectively, for the fertilization levels. A completely randomized design was used, where 90 tillers were evaluated by treatment (45 of each specie by replicate). Marked tillers were used to evaluate elongation, appearance and […]

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 […]