02754naa a2200505 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001902200230006002400410008310000250012424501510014926000090030052012270030965000190153665000220155565000190157765000120159665000180160865000230162665000100164965000130165965000260167265000250169865000210172365300240174465300240176865300240179265300230181665300170183965300230185665300180187965300140189765300270191165300220193865300430196065300260200365300190202965300260204865300200207465300190209470000150211370000200212870000190214877300810216715040522021-07-28       2006    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d  a1806-9290 (online)7 a0.1590/S1516-35982006000200004.2DOI1 aANDRADE, C. M. S. de  aGrazing management strategies for massaigrass-forage peanut pastures. 3. Definition of sward targets and carrying capacity.h[electronic resource]  c2006  aThis study was carried out to define sward management targets for mixed Massaigrass (Panicum maximum x P. infestum, cv. Massai) and forage peanut (Arachis pintoi Ac 01) pastures in the Western Brazilian Amazon. Seasonal variation in the pasture carrying capacity was also analyzed. Pastures were intermittently stocked at three daily herbage allowance levels (9.0, 14.5 and 18.4% of live weight) from October 2002 to December 2003. Sward targets were defined in terms of the sward condition that best conciliated the grass-legume balance, the maintenance of the structure of Massaigrass tussocks and the equilibrium between forage production and utilization. For the Western Brazilian Amazon conditions, the following sward management targets can be recommended for mixed Massaigrass and forage peanut pastures under intermittent stocking: pregrazing height ranging from 50-55 cm (June to September) to 65-70 cm (October to May), and post-grazing height from 30- 35 cm (June to September) to 35-40 cm (October to May). Annual carrying capacity of this mixed pasture in 2003 was 2.7 AU/ha. The average carrying capacity during the dry season (1.8 AU/ha) was 50% lower than that observed during the rainy season (3.6 AU/ha).  aArachis pintoi  aCarrying capacity  aForage legumes  aHybrids  aMixed grazing  aRotational grazing  aSward  aHíbrido  aLeguminosa forrageira  aPastagem consorciada  aPastejo rotativo  aAmazonia occidental  aAmazônia Ocidental  aAmendoim forrageiro  aCapacidad de carga  aCapim massai  aEstrutura do pasto  aForage peanut  aHíbridos  aLeguminosas forrajeras  aMixed massaigrass  aPanicum maximum x P infestum cv Massai  aPastoreo de rotación  aPastoreo mixto  aProtección herbácea  aSward structure  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.