Ecophysiology of C4 Forage Grasses—Understanding Plant Growth for Optimising Their Use and Management

SC Da Silva, AF Sbrissia, LET Pereira - Agriculture, 2015 - mdpi.com
Grazing management has been the focus of the research with forage plants in Brazil for
many years. Only in the last two decades, however, significant changes and advances have …

Harry Stobbs Memorial Lecture: Can grazing behavior support innovations in grassland management?

PC de Faccio Carvalho - Tropical Grasslands-Forrajes …, 2013 - tropicalgrasslands.info
Grazing is a fundamental process affecting grassland ecosystem dynamics and functioning.
Its behavioral components comprise how animals search for feed, and gather and process …

[HTML][HTML] Grazing intensity as a management strategy in tropical grasses for beef cattle production: a meta-analysis

CM Costa, GS Difante, ABG Costa, ALC Gurgel… - Animal, 2021 - Elsevier
Correct pasture management associated with the adjustment of grazing intensity determines
pasture persistence and the level of production per animal and per land area. The objective …

Defoliation strategies in pastures submitted to intermittent stocking method: underlying mechanisms buffering forage accumulation over a range of grazing heights

AF Sbrissia, PG Duchini, GD Zanini, GT Santos… - Crop …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
For continuously stocked pastures, net forage accumulation is thought to be relatively
unaffected across a rather large range of canopy‐based management targets. It is not …

[HTML][HTML] Defoliation intensity and leaf area index recovery in defoliated swards: implications for forage accumulation

CDM Martins, D Schmitt, PG Duchini, T Miqueloto… - Scientia …, 2020 - SciELO Brasil
This study evaluated the leaf area index (LAI) recovery mechanisms and forage
accumulation rates on the regrowth of different grass species subjected to different …

Nutritive value and morphological characteristics of Mombaça grass managed with different rotational grazing strategies

SC Da Silva, AAO Bueno, RA Carnevalli… - The Journal of …, 2019 - cambridge.org
Light competition increases and plants' growth pattern change to optimize light utilization
when the leaf area index increases. It has been previously shown that using 95% canopy …

Grazing management targets for tangolagrass pastures

NG Mocelin, D Schmitt, GD Zanini, PAG Camacho… - Agriculture, 2022 - mdpi.com
Tangolagrass (Brachiaria arrecta× Brachiaria mutica) is a stoloniferous warm-season grass
considered as an alternative to forming permanent grasslands in waterlogged tropical …

Regrowth patterns of elephant grass (Pennisetum purpureum Schum) subjected to strategies of intermittent stocking management

LET Pereira, AJ Paiva, EV Geremia… - Grass and Forage …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The morphogenetic responses of individual tillers and the composition of tiller populations
throughout regrowth in response to all combinations of two post‐grazing heights (35 and 45 …

Herbage intake and performance of grazing lambs in tropical erect grass pastures maintained at different heights

LR Irigoyen, CHEC Poli, GF Corrêa… - African Journal of …, 2024 - journals.co.za
One of the main constraints for sheep production in tropical and subtropical areas is the lack
of knowledge of how to manage erect tropical grasses for lambs. The objective of this study …

[PDF][PDF] Produção animal em pastagens cultivadas em regiões de clima temperado da América Latina

AF Sbrissia, PG Duchini, JR Echeverria… - … de Producción Animal, 2017 - researchgate.net
Este manuscrito tem por objetivo discutir alguns aspectos da produção animal baseado em
pastagens em regiões de clima temperado da América Latina, com enfoque na região sul …