This trial was carried out to determine the composition of n-alkanes (C24 to C36) in hypothetical diets comprising of pure Brachiaria brizantha Stapf. cv. Marandu and Arachis pintoi Koprov & Gregory. cv. Amarillo and mixtures of these two spececies with 15%, 30%, 45%, or 60% of Arachis pintoi); it also intended to identify the combination of alkanes that allows to calculate the botanical composition of diets with the smallest residual value (real less estimated values). The forages were sampled in […]

This trial was carried out from September 6th (2000) to September 18th (2001) to evaluate the effects of irrigation and nitrogen fertilization on drymatter yield of five different cultivars of Panicum maximum. Five cultivars (Guiné, Colonião, Mombaça, Tanzânia and Centauro) under three nitrogen rates (50, 75 and 100 kg/ha/cut of N), with and without irrigation were evaluated. The experimental treatments, the combination of a 5x3x2 factorial, was allocated in a completely randomized design with four replications. Irrigation brought about significant […]

The effects of increasing levels of citrus pulp on fermentation pattern and nutritive value of elephantgrass silage was evaluated. Elephantgrass harvested at 90 days was ensiled with increasing levels of dried citrus pulp: 0, 2.5, 5, 7.5, 10, 12.5 and 15% (fresh matter basis). Silages were produced in 28 plastic experimental silos (4 replicates/treatment) bearing Bunsen valves. Silos were opened 106 days after ensiling, when samples were taken for the analysis of silages organic acids and chemical components. Silage dry […]

The discriminatory potential of n-alkanes in tropical grasses (Brachiaria brizantha Stapf. cv. Marandu, Cynodon dactylon Pers. cv. Coast-cross 1 and Panicum maximum Jacq. cv. Tanzânia 1) and legumes (Arachis pintoi Koprov & Gregory. cv. Amarillo and Glycine wightii Verdc.) was evaluated. The forages were sampled in Spring, Summer and Winter, with four replications per species per season. The n-alkanes C24 to C35, using C32 and C34 as internal markers, were considered in the analyses. Concentrations of n-alkanes in these species […]

A mixture of two winter forages: black oat (Avena strigosa Schreb. cv. Common) and Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam. cv. Common) was introduced in a pasture of aruanagrass (Panicum maximum Jacq. cv. Aruana), grazed by sheep in an intensive production system (irrigation, fertilization and rotational stocking) with the objective of increasing the forage nutritive value during the dry winter period. From 04-14-00 to 01-18-01 and 06-07-01 to 02-22-02, the chemical composition and digestibility of pre-grazing forage were evaluated in six […]

The trial was conducted to evaluate two forage availabilities (1.200 and 1.500 kg/ha of dry matter [DM]) and energy supplementation of winter pasture on herbage and animal yields. The pasture was a mixture of oat (Avena strigosa Schreb) + Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam). Ninety Charolais and Charolais crossbred Nellore heifers, with initial live weight of 164 kg, were submitted to the following treatments: LFA – low forage availability; HFA – high forage availability; LFAS – low forage availability + […]

The root system (pre and post grazing) characteristics of aruanagrass and tanzaniagrass under two nitrogen rates (150 and 300 kg ha-1 N year) grazed by sheep in variable rotational stocking (three to seven grazing days) and variable rest period were evaluated in this study. The treatments were assigned to a complete randomized block (two) design with two replicates (plots = grasses and split-plots = nitrogen rates)within repeated measures. In the pre-grazing tanzaniagrass, averages within nitrogen rates and grazing period showed […]

Three winter forage species: black oat (Avena strigosa Schreb. cv. Common), italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam. cv. Common) and white clover (Trifolium repens L. cv. Zapican) were introduced in a pasture of aruanagrass (Panicum maximum Jacq. cv. Aruana), grazed by sheep in an intensive production system (irrigation, fertilization and rotational stocking) with the objective of increasing the forage supply during the dry winter period. From 04-14-00 to 01-18-01 and 06-07-01 to 02-22-02, in six grazing periods, the pre-grazing forage mass, […]

An experiment was carried out during two years on Cerrado soil with the objective of evaluating the response of degraded Brachiaria brizantha cv. Marandu pastures to different N and S fertilization doses. Seven treatments, six with different N and S combinations and a control (degraded pasture), were compared in a randomized complete blocks design. The combinations were: 70 kg ha-1 N without sulphur, 140 kg ha-1 N without sulphur, 210 kg ha-1 N without sulphur, 70 kg ha-1 N and […]

The effect of different pasture structures imposed by treatments of green leaf lamina biomass (GLLB) levels of 350 and 600 kg/ha of dry matter (MS), over animals grazing behaviour was evaluated in this experiment. The pasture was oat (Avena strigosa Schreb.) and Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.). Animals activities were recorded in August and September, in 24 consecutive hours, by trained observers. In the hours of the day in which grazing were more intense, grazing stations remaining time, distance between […]