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Dry matter production, fibre composition and plant characteristics of cool-season grasses under two harvest systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

H. T. K. Kunelius
H. T. K. Kunelius
Affiliation:
Agriculture Canada, Research Station, PO Box 1210, Charlottelown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, CIA 7M8.
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Summary

Cultivars of Phleum pratense, Festuca pratensis, Festuca arundinacea, Dactylis glomerata and Lolium × Festuca hybrids were exposed to 4- and 3-cut harvest systems in Prince Edward Island, Canada, in 1985–87. Lolium perenne × F. pratensis, Lolium multiflorum × F. pratensis and L. multiftorum × F. arundinacea hybrids and D. glomerata had more uniform growth among the harvests than other grasses during the growing season. L. perenne × F. pratensis and L. multiflorum × F. pratensis had lower contents of neutral and acid detergent fibre than other grass cultivars, particularly early in the growing season. P. pratense cv. Farol had the lowest and L. perenne × F. pratensis cv. Prior the highest tiller population density. The stem apex of all cultivars was above the cutting height of 5 cm in c. 50% of tillers of primary growth. Leaf area per tiller was largest for P. pratense cv. Farol in the primary growth stage but differences were small in subsequent cuts.

Type
Crops and Soils
Information
The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 115 , Issue 3 , December 1990 , pp. 321 - 326
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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