Characteristics agronomic, morphogenic and structural of the “Panicum maximum” cv. Mombaça grass under intermittent defoliation
Abstract
The effect of rest periods during seasons was evaluated on morphogenetic and structural characteristics and herbage accumulation of Panicum maximum cv. Mombaca established in Amazonia. We used a completely randomized design, with four replicates per treatment. Rest periods were 36 and 48 days, and height of cut was 25 cm. Leaf blade dry matter production did not increase as rest period increased. Dry matter production did not modify between rest periods, showing that in the lowest rest period lower production was compensated by higher number of cuts. Rest period did not influence the morphogenetic variable evaluated, except phyllocrono as higher average was obtained in lower rest period. For structural characteristics, effect of rest period was observed for leaf blade length, death leaves number and leaf-stem ration.Downloads
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2010-12-16
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Forage and Pastures
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