02857naa a2200493 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001902200230006002400420008310000250012524501560015026000090030652013330031565000190164865000260166765000190169365000120171265000180172465000220174265000230176465000270178765000130181465000260182765000250185365000210187865300240189965300240192365300240194765300170197165300250198865300270201365300180204065300140205865300270207265300220209965300430212165300260216465300190219065300190220970000150222870000200224370000190226377300810228215040502021-07-28       2006    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d  a1806-9290 (online)7 a10.1590/S1516-35982006000200002.2DOI1 aANDRADE, C. M. S. de  aGrazing management strategies for massaigrass-forage peanut pastures. 1. Dynamics of sward conditions and botanical composition.h[electronic resource]  c2006  aThis study was carried out from October 2002 to December 2003 to evaluate the dynamics of sward condition and botanical composition of a mixed massaigrass (Panicum maximum x P. infestum, cv. Massai) and forage peanut (Arachis pintoi Ac 01) pasture, intermittently stocked at three daily herbage allowance levels (9.0, 14.5 and 18.4% live weight). Sward condition was characterized in each grazing cycle in terms of the pre- and post-grazing sward height, forage mass and percentage of bare ground. Botanical composition (grass, legume and weeds) was evaluated before each grazing period. Sward height and forage mass increased linearly with increasing herbage allowance (HA) levels, and higher values were observed during the rainy season. Percentage of bare ground increased primarily at the lowest HA level. Percentage of forage peanut increased throughout the experimental period, primarily in the barest and shortest swards, under the lowest HA level. In the last quarter of 2003 the legume constituted 23.5, 10.6 and 6.4% of the pasture forage mass, respectively, from the lowest to the highest HA level. These results suggest that forage peanut can be successfully associated with massaigrass, as long as the pre-grazing sward height is maintained shorter than 65-70 cm, which will prevent excessive shading to the legume.  aArachis pintoi  aBotanical composition  aForage legumes  aHybrids  aMixed grazing  aPlant competition  aRotational grazing  aComposição botânica  aHíbrido  aLeguminosa forrageira  aPastagem consorciada  aPastejo rotativo  aAmazonia occidental  aAmazônia Ocidental  aAmendoim forrageiro  aCapim massai  aCompetición vegetal  aComposición botánica  aForage peanut  aHíbridos  aLeguminosas forrajeras  aMixed massaigrass  aPanicum maximum x P infestum cv Massai  aPastoreo de rotación  aPastoreo mixto  aWestern amazon1 aGARCIA, R.1 aVALENTIM, J. F.1 aPEREIRA, O. G.  tRevista Brasileira de Zootecnia, Viçosa, MGgv. 35, n. 2, p. 334-342, 2006.