Claim · model-written summary
Silverleaf desmodium failed to compete with a creeping grass.
Verbatim
e0“Silverleaf desmodium was adversely affected by the severe winters and failed to compete with a creeping grass”
Title
G.W. Cross; C.I. MacDonald Proceedings of the Annual Congresses of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa 1982. doi:10.1080/00725560.1982.9648959
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Observation Stargrass was the least aggressive of the tested grass species.
- Observation Kikuyu was the most aggressive of the tested grass species.
- Observation Kenland red clover was the only legume to survive and show promise as a companion legume.
- Recommendation The relative unpalatability of Kenland at late flowering and seed setting may help maintain it in kikuyu under grazing.
- Association Severe winters adversely affected Silverleaf desmodium.
- Observation Ladino clover was unsuited to dry conditions on a hot northerly slope when grown with a creeping grass.