Claim · model-written summary
Grasses grazed at vegetative stage to a 2- or 8-cm residual sward height had greater annual forage harvested than at 16 cm when precipitation was limiting.
- Taxon
- grassese1
- Organ / stage
- vegetative stagee1
- Treatment
- 2‐ or 8‐cm RSHe1
- Outcome
- Annual FHe1
- Direction
- greatere1
- Qualifier
- when precipitation was limitinge1
- Comparator
- 16‐cm RSHe1
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleSettingValue
Verbatim
e1“Annual FH of grasses grazed at vegetative stage to a 2‐ or 8‐cm RSH was greater than that grazed to a 16‐cm RSH when precipitation was limiting”
Title
Residual Sward Height Effects on Growth and Nutritive Value of Grazed Temperate Perennial Grasses
G. E. Brink; R. D. Jackson; N. B. Alber Crop Science 2013. doi:10.2135/cropsci2013.01.0068
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Association Annual forage harvested of grasses grazed at mature stage increased as residual sward height decreased.
- Association Mean grazing interval decreased as residual sward height increased.
- Association Number of seasonal grazing events increased with residual sward height for vegetative-stage grasses but not mature-stage grasses.
- Association There was no apparent relationship between forage nutritive value and residual sward height.
- Intervention effect Grazing vegetative-stage grasses to a shorter residual sward height (<8 cm) reduced persistence in a dry year.
- Intervention effect Grazing vegetative-stage grasses to a shorter residual sward height (<8 cm) delayed the date of first grazing event in the following spring.
- Intervention effect Leaving a tall residual sward height gave little or no growth advantage when grazing mature-stage grasses.