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Summer Grazing Management of a White Clover-Bahiagrass Pasture: Legume Survival

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

B. H. Dzowela ,
G. O. Mott  and
W. R. Ocumpaugh
B. H. Dzowela
Affiliation:
Department of Agronomy, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
G. O. Mott
Affiliation:
Department of Agronomy, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
W. R. Ocumpaugh
Affiliation:
Department of Agronomy, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
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Summary

A grazing management study involving the new white clover cultivar Osceola grown in association with Bahiagrass cv. Pensacola was conducted on wet and dry sites with and without pesticide/herbicide treatment. A combination of heavy grazing pressure and a short deferment period before grazing during the summer and autumn resulted in the largest soil seed reserves and seedling recruitment by the white clover component. However, maximum survival of plants was recorded from a combination of a short deferment period and moderate grazing pressure.

A slight increase in plant survival and seedling recruitment was shown on the wet site. Survival potential was least in pasture treated with pesticide and herbicide. Heavy grazing pressure and short deferment periods appear essential for the survival of the clover component. Annual seedling recruitment from soil seed reserves was the primary mechanism of white clover survival from spring to spring in pasture associations based on tropical bahiagrass.

Type
Research Article
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Experimental Agriculture , Volume 22 , Issue 4 , October 1986 , pp. 363 - 371
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1986

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