Tall fescue and Italian ryegrass: an ideal mixture for intensive cutting management
(2012) Grassland Science in Europe. 17. p.61-63- abstract
- We established a trial in 2009 to compare the agronomic performance of tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea, Fa) with Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum, Lm) growing in monoculture and in different mixtures of both species. Mixtures differed in the ploidy of the Italian ryegrass component (diploid vs. tetraploid) and the contribution of both species to the mixtures (1/4 or 1/8 of Lm seeds on a number base). Five cuts were taken in both 2010 and 2011. N-fertilization was around 300 kg N ha–1 per year. Dry matter (DM) content and botanical composition and feeding value were determined at each cut. Lm outyielded Fa in the first year after sowing but Fa outyielded Lm in the second year. In one of the mixtures, transgressive overyielding occurred in both years. The proportion of Fa in the DM yield of the mixtures was initially much lower than the sown proportion but increased gradually. We conclude that mixtures of Fa and Lm are particularly suited for an intensive cutting management.
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- author
- Mathias Cougnon UGent, Joost Baert, Chris Van Waes and Dirk Reheul UGent
- organization
- year
- 2012
- type
- conference
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keyword
- digestibility, yield, botanical composition, mixture, tall fescue, Italian ryegrass
- in
- Grassland Science in Europe
- editor
- Piotr Golinski and Marianna Warda
- volume
- 17
- issue title
- Grassland : a European resource? : proceedings of the 24th general meeting of the European Grassland Federation
- pages
- 61 - 63
- publisher
- Polish Grassland Society
- place of publication
- Poznan, Poland
- conference name
- 24th General meeting of the European Grassland Federation : Grassland : a European resource?
- conference location
- Lublin, Poland
- conference start
- 2012-06-03
- conference end
- 2012-06-07
- ISBN
- 9788389250773
- language
- English
- UGent publication?
- yes
- classification
- C1
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- I have transferred the copyright for this publication to the publisher
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- 2136530
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- http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-2136530
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- 2012-06-08 09:13:09
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- Chicago
- Cougnon, Mathias, Joost Baert, Chris Van Waes, and Dirk Reheul. 2012. “Tall Fescue and Italian Ryegrass: An Ideal Mixture for Intensive Cutting Management.” In Grassland Science in Europe, ed. Piotr Golinski and Marianna Warda, 17:61–63. Poznan, Poland: Polish Grassland Society.
- APA
- Cougnon, M., Baert, J., Van Waes, C., & Reheul, D. (2012). Tall fescue and Italian ryegrass: an ideal mixture for intensive cutting management. In P. Golinski & M. Warda (Eds.), Grassland Science in Europe (Vol. 17, pp. 61–63). Presented at the 24th General meeting of the European Grassland Federation : Grassland : a European resource?, Poznan, Poland: Polish Grassland Society.
- Vancouver
- 1.Cougnon M, Baert J, Van Waes C, Reheul D. Tall fescue and Italian ryegrass: an ideal mixture for intensive cutting management. In: Golinski P, Warda M, editors. Grassland Science in Europe. Poznan, Poland: Polish Grassland Society; 2012. p. 61–3.
- MLA
- Cougnon, Mathias, Joost Baert, Chris Van Waes, et al. “Tall Fescue and Italian Ryegrass: An Ideal Mixture for Intensive Cutting Management.” Grassland Science in Europe. Ed. Piotr Golinski & Marianna Warda. Vol. 17. Poznan, Poland: Polish Grassland Society, 2012. 61–63. Print.