Ecophysiology of C4 Forage Grasses—Understanding Plant Growth for Optimising Their Use and Management

SC Da Silva, AF Sbrissia, LET Pereira - Agriculture, 2015 - mdpi.com
Grazing management has been the focus of the research with forage plants in Brazil for
many years. Only in the last two decades, however, significant changes and advances have …

[HTML][HTML] Defoliation, shoot plasticity, sward structure and herbage utilization in pasture: Review of the underlying ecophysiological processes

F Gastal, G Lemaire - Agriculture, 2015 - mdpi.com
Sward structure affects herbage growth, pasture species dynamics, and herbage utilization.
Defoliation management has a major impact on sward structure. In particular, tiller size-tiller …

[LIBRO][B] Grassland nitrogen.

DC Whitehead - 1995 - cabidigitallibrary.org
Research on the various transformations of N in temperate grassland systems is
comprehensively reviewed in this book, which is aimed at advisers, researchers, teachers …

Morphogenetic and structural determinants of plant regrowth after defoliation

DF Chapman, G Lemaire - 1993 - uknowledge.uky.edu
E f ect of nitrogen fertiliser in combination with potassium and phosphorus on rangeland yield
in C imeroon ,I Page 1 \ Pro eedlngs of the XVJI lnlemstlonel GlliSslend Congress, 1993: 65·66 …

[LIBRO][B] Nutrient elements in grassland: soil-plant-animal relationships

DC Whitehead - 2000 - books.google.com
This book deals with the concentrations and transformations of nutrient elements in soils,
grassland plants and ruminants, particularly sheep and cattle. Data are restricted to those …

Full accounting of the greenhouse gas (CO2, N2O, CH4) budget of nine European grassland sites

JF Soussana, V Allard, K Pilegaard, P Ambus… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2007 - Elsevier
The full greenhouse gas balance of nine contrasted grassland sites covering a major
climatic gradient over Europe was measured during two complete years. The sites include a …

Past lessons and future prospects: plant breeding for yield and persistence in cool‐temperate pastures

AJ Parsons, GR Edwards, PCD Newton… - Grass and Forage …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Pastoral‐based animal production systems are under increasing pressure to provide the
high quantity and quality of feed needed for optimal ruminant performance. The capacity of …

A pasture simulation model for dry matter production, and fluxes of carbon, nitrogen, water and energy

M Riedo, A Grub, M Rosset, J Fuhrer - Ecological Modelling, 1998 - Elsevier
A mechanistically based ecosystem model for managed productive pastures was developed
to simulate the annual production of plant biomass and the nitrogen balance, and seasonal …

Estimation of spatial and temporal variability of pasture growth and digestibility in grazing rotations coupling unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with crop simulation …

JR Insua, SA Utsumi, B Basso - PLoS One, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Systematic monitoring of pasture quantity and quality is important to match the herd forage
demand (pasture removal by grazing or harvest) to the supply of forage with adequate …

Requirements of future grass-based ruminant production systems in Ireland

M O'Donovan, E Lewis, P O'Kiely - Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food …, 2011 - JSTOR
There is a renewed interest in grazing systems in many temperate and subtropical regions of
the world. This results from lower inflation-adjusted prices, the proposed removal of some …