Canopy structure and morphogenesis of italian ryegrass intercropped with red clover under cutting intervals determined by thermal sum

The canopy structure and morphogenesis of ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) was investigated after it was over seeded with Tifton 85 (Cynodon spp.) and intercropped with red clover (Trifolium pratense L.). Time intervals between cuts were determined by different thermal sums (125, 250, 375, and 500...

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Autores: Ongaratto, Fernando [UNESP], da Rocha, Marta Gomes, Pötter, Luciana, Bergoli, Tuani Lopes, Severo, Paula de Oliveira, Dutra, Juliana Squizani, Machado, Juliana Missio, Dotto, Lisiani Rorato, Martini, Amanda Carneiro, de Oliveira, Eduarda Proença
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da UNESP
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unesp.br:11449/206520
Acceso en línea:http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0103-8478cr20190989
http://hdl.handle.net/11449/206520
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Lolium multiflorum Lam
Overseeding
Rotational Stocking
Tifton 85
Trifolium pratense L
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Sumario:The canopy structure and morphogenesis of ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) was investigated after it was over seeded with Tifton 85 (Cynodon spp.) and intercropped with red clover (Trifolium pratense L.). Time intervals between cuts were determined by different thermal sums (125, 250, 375, and 500 degree-days [DD]). Cuts were conducted at a height equivalent to 50% of the average canopy height. Morphogenic and structural data were collected from July to October of 2016 and 2017, from a completely randomized block experimental design. Canopy height, extended tiller height, pseudostem length, and forage mass were fitted to linear equations according to the thermal sums. Interaction of ryegrass with red clover was the highest (12.1%) for longer cut intervals (375 and 500 DD). The leaf appearance rate (0.0080 leaf/DD), phyllochron value (128.8 DD), and senescence rate (0.10 cm/DD) of ryegrass were comparable between the different intervals. The slowest elongation rate (0.06 cm/DD) with the shortest interval duration between cuts (171.6 DD) was observed in the 125 DD interval. According to the findings from this 2-year experiment, the use of a 250 DD cut interval was recommended between grazing events, taking into account the efficiency of forage use, ryegrass leaf, stem ratio, and interactions with red clover in the canopy under rotational stocking.