Effect of harvest date and frequency on aspen ricegrass (Oryzopsis asperifolia) and cream-coloured vetchling (Lathyrus ochroleucus) in the boreal transition ecoregion of Saskatchewan
| Autor: | Allan Wilfred Foster, Bill Biligetu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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0106 biological sciences
education.field_of_study 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology Taiga Population Biodiversity Forage Plant Science Horticulture Biology Seasonality medicine.disease 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Ecoregion Agronomy Boreal medicine Dry matter education Agronomy and Crop Science |
| Zdroj: | Canadian Journal of Plant Science. 98:1133-1138 |
| ISSN: | 1918-1833 0008-4220 |
| DOI: | 10.1139/cjps-2017-0332 |
| Popis: | Aspen forest communities of Saskatchewan, Canada, support a significant cattle population. The objectives of this study were to determine seasonal forage dry matter (DM) accumulation and evaluate repeated annual defoliation on DM yield (DMY) of aspen ricegrass (Oryzopsis asperifolia) and cream-coloured vetchling (Lathyrus ochroleucus) in the boreal transition ecoregion of east–central Saskatchewan. The experimental design was a randomized completed block with five replicates. Seasonal DMY of aspen ricegrass (p −2. Cream-coloured vetchling (p −2) than other months (1.2–2.3 g m−2). Single repeated defoliation, regardless of clipping date, reduced (P = 0.0098) the overall production of aspen ricegrass (Oryzopsis asperifolia) and cream-coloured vetchling (Lathyrus ochroleucus) in this study. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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