Abstract
Livestock performance in the Brazilian Cerrado has been limited by the low availability of good qualityfodder, especially during periods of low rainfall. The aim of this study was to evaluate growth and dry matter productionin two cultivars of sorghum, inoculated or not with diazotrophic bacteria, and as a monocrop or intercropped with palisadegrass under a system of crop-livestock integration. The experiments were carried out in the field in the Cerrado regionduring the autumn-winter period of 2015 and 2016, on the experimental farm of the Faculty of Engineering at Ilha Solteira,UNESP, in Selvíria, in the State of Mato Groso do Sul, Brazil (MS). A randomised complete block experimental design wasused in a 2 x 2 x 2 factorial scheme with four replications. The treatments corresponded to two agricultural years (2015 and2016); the cultivation of dual-purpose grain sorghum, alone or intercropped with palisade grass; with or without inoculationof the sorghum seeds with the bacterium Azospirillum brasilense. The dry matter production of the plant components andplant growth were evaluated for the preparation of silage. Inoculation of sorghum seeds with the bacterium Azospirillumbrasilense increases the production of plant dry matter for silage, irrespective of the cultivar or intercrop. Dual-purposegrain sorghum intercropped with palisade grass is a viable agronomic system for producing plant matter for silage duringthe autumn season.
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Claim · model-written summary
Azospirillum brasilense seed inoculation increased plant dry matter production for sorghum silage irrespective of cultivar or intercropping.
- Treatment
- Inoculation of sorghum seeds with the bacterium Azospirillumbrasilensee0
- Interactor
- Azospirillumbrasilensee0symbiont
- Outcome
- production of plant dry matter for silagee0
- Direction
- increasese0
- Qualifier
- irrespective of the cultivar or intercrope0
- Comparator
- without inoculationof the sorghum seeds with the bacterium Azospirillum brasilensee1
SorghumOrganisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Inoculation of sorghum seeds with the bacterium Azospirillumbrasilense increases the production of plant dry matter for silage, irrespective of the cultivar or intercrop”
e1“with or without inoculationof the sorghum seeds with the bacterium Azospirillum brasilense”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors conclude that intercropping dual-purpose grain sorghum with palisade grass is viable for autumn silage plant matter production.
- Interactor
- palisade grass
Urochloa brizanthae0other - Outcome
- viable agronomic system for producing plant matter for silagee0
- Qualifier
- duringthe autumn seasone0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Dual-purposegrain sorghum intercropped with palisade grass is a viable agronomic system for producing plant matter for silage duringthe autumn season”
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