This work evaluated the bromatologic characteristics of corn silages, ensiled at different maturity stages. It was used a split plot in time in a randomized block design, with four replicates. Cultivars evaluated were Geneze 2004, Agroceres 1051, Pioneer 30S40 and Pioneer 30F90 ensiled in the following maturity stages: 0% milk line kernels (SLL), reduction of milk line in 1/3 of the kernel (1/3 LL), 1/2 of the kernel (1/2 LL), 2/3 of the kernel (2/3 LL), and formed black layer […]

It was evaluated the ingestive behavior of beef heifers on black oats (Avena strigosa Schreb.) and Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) pastures under different strategies of supplementation and continuous stocking system. The treatments evaluated were: ‘no supplement’- animals on black oats (BO) and Italian ryegrass (IR) pasture; ‘increasing’ – animals on BO and IR pasture receiving increasing levels (0.3, 0.6, and 0.9% of live weight – LW) of supplement; ‘fixed’ – animals on BO and IR pasture receiving 0.9% of […]

The experiment was carried out in a greenhouse and aimed to study morphogenic characteristics of Brachiaria brizantha cv. Marandu, grown under combined rates of nitrogen and sulphur, in a soil (Typic Quartzipsamment) collected from a degrading Brachiaria decumbens pasture. A fractionated 52 factorial was used, with 13 combinations of nitrogen and sulphur rates (N-S), in mg/dm3: 0-0; 0-20; 0-40; 100-10; 100-30; 200-0; 200-20; 200-40; 300-10; 300-30; 400-0; 400-20; and 400-40, which were set in a randomized block design, with four […]

This work aimed to estimate the correlation coefficients, determining the direct and indirect effects (path analysis) of explanatory independent variables on total dry matter production (main dependent variables) of five elephant grass clones in five cuts accomplished at the forest zone of Pernambuco. Each experimental plot measured 24 m2 with 2 m2 of utile area. There was high correlation between almost all the independent variables and the main variable. The characteristic leaf blade number per tiller, however, explained better the […]

The objectives of this work were to evaluate the effect of year season, dry matter concentration (DM), and bacterial inoculation on the nutritive value of palisadegrass silages. The trial was carried out in a complete randomized experimental design with four replications, in a factorial arrangement (2 × 3 × 3): two year seasons (summer and winter), three dry matter levels (with or without wilting or added with dried citrus pulp), and without microbial additive or with Lactobacillus plantarum or Lactobacillus […]

The objective of this work was to evaluate forage production and seasonal distribution of locally adapted ryegrass populations in comparison to commercial cultivars. Two experiments were carried out in two different locations of Rio Grande do Sul (Eldorado do Sul – EEA and Veranópolis – EEV), in 2004. Forage production of seven annual ryegrass populations, one Uruguayan cultivar (LE-284), one New Zealand cultivar (Eclipse) were compared to the commercial cultivar, in a total of ten treatments. The experimental design was […]

A greenhouse experiment was carried out to evaluate the effect of P:Mg ratios on soil fertility and on mineral composition and yield of alfalfa cultivated in a dystrophic Red Yellow Latosol (Oxisol). It was used a split-plot in a complete randomized design, with three replicates. Treatments were combinations of P (rates: 0, 100, 200, and 400 mg kg-1, source: triple superphosphate) and Mg (rates: 0, 100, and 200 mg kg-1, source: magnesium chlorite) at the following P:Mg ratios: 0, 0.5, […]

The objective of this experiment was to evalute the effects of phosphorus sources (Yoorin®, Ordinary Superphosphate (SS) + Triple Superphosphate (TS) and control) on the concentration and amount of N, P, K, and Ca in the excreta of crossbred steers under grazing conditions on mombaça grass (Panicum maximum Jacq. cv. mombaça) pasture. The grazing method was the continuous stocking with variable stocking rate, and the animals used were crossbred with average live weight of 300 kg. It was used a […]

This trial aimed to evaluate the aerobic stability of marandu grass silages submitted to different packing intensities. The forage was harvested at 60 days of regrowth. The following packing densities were evaluated: 100, 120, 140, and 160 kg DM/m3. Silage chemical changes were determined 0, 3, and 6 days after air exposure and temperature recorded every 12 hours, during 156 hours after the buckets were placed in the climatic camera. Thermometers were inserted 10 cm into the silage mass. Data […]

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 […]