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The germination of excreted kikuyu grass seed in cattle dung pats
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 March 2009
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The quantity of seed ingested and excreted by penned cattle from offerings of freshly cut kikuyu grass (Pennisetum clandestinum cv. Whittet) was measured during the autumn at Grafton, N.S.W. A mean 101·6 g of whole seed was ingested per head per day, of which 22·9% was excreted. During 18 weeks, seedlings emerged from every dung pat formed from collected faeces. The number of seedlings represented 3·45% of the whole seed ingested. The loss of covering structures from the seed during passage through the alimentary tract apparently reduced the 21–day germinability.
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