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Biblioteca(s): | Embrapa Agrobiologia.
Data corrente: | 19/11/2021
Data da última atualização: | 19/11/2021
Autoria: | HOMEM, B. G. C.; LIMA, I. B. G. de; SPASIANI, P. P.; BORGES, L. P. C.; BODDEY, R. M.; DUBEUX JUNIOR, J. C. B.; BERNARDES, T. F.; CASAGRANDE, D. R.
Afiliação: | BRUNO G. C. HOMEM, UFLA; TALO B. G. DE LIMA, UFLA; PAOLA P. SPASIANI, UFLA; UFLA; ROBERT MICHAEL BODDEY, CNPAB; JOSÉ C. B. DUBEUX JUNIOR, UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, USA; THIAGO F. BERNARDES, UFLA; DANIEL R. CASAGRANDE, UFLA.
Título: | Palisadegrass pastures with or without nitrogen or mixed with forage peanut grazed to a similar target canopy height. 2. Effects on animal performance, forage intake and digestion, and nitrogen metabolism.
Ano de publicação: | 2021
Fonte/Imprenta: | Grass and Forage Science, v. 76, n. 3, p. 413-426, 2021.
ISSN: | 0142-5242
DOI: | 10.1111/gfs.12533
Idioma: | Inglês
Conteúdo: | The lack of nitrogen (N) input on pastures is the main limiting factor to increase animal performance in tropical regions. This 2.5-year study assessed animal performance, forage intake and digestion, and N metabolism responses of three pasture treatments: (1) mixed Marandu palisadegrass-Brachiaria brizantha (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) R.D. Webster (syn. Urochloa brizantha Stapf cv. Marandu)-and forage peanut (Arachis pintoi Krapov. & W.C. Greg. cv. BRS Mandobi) pastures (GRASS + LEGUME), (2) monoculture Marandu palisadegrass pastures with 150 kg of N/ha (GRASS + N), and (3) monoculture Marandu palisadegrass without N fertilizer (GRASS). Continuous stocking with variable stocking rate was used with a target canopy height of 20 to 25 cm. The average daily gain was greatest at GRASS + N and GRASS + LEGUME (p = .081). GRASS + N pasture had greatest stocking rate and liveweight gain per area (p p < .001, respectively), followed by GRASS + LEGUME pasture. No differences between treatments were found for the dry matter forage intake (p = .729); however, GRASS + N and GRASS + LEGUME pastures had greater crude protein and digestible organic matter intakes than GRASS pasture (p = .007 and p = .083, respectively). Greatest microbial protein synthesis and efficiency of microbial synthesis were found for GRASS + N and GRASS + LEGUME pastures (p = .016 and p = .067, respectively). Apparent efficiency of N utilization and microbial protein/CP intake ratio was greatest at GRASS + LEGUME pastures (p = .009 and p = .042, respectively). Nitrogen application or the integration of forage peanut in grass pasture increases animal performance, forage digestibility, and microbial protein synthesis.
Palavras-Chave: | Biological nitrogen fixation; Grazing management strategies; Herbage mass.
Categoria do assunto: | F Plantas e Produtos de Origem Vegetal
Registro original: | Embrapa Agrobiologia (CNPAB)
Exemplares: | CNPAB - (41861-1) - UPC - AP - DD -  -  -  - DIS