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The germination of excreted kikuyu grass seed in cattle dung pats

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

G. P. M. Wilson  and
D. W. Hennessy
G. P. M. Wilson
Affiliation:
Agricultural Besearch Station, Department of Agriculture, Grafton, New South Wales, Australia
D. W. Hennessy
Affiliation:
Agricultural Besearch Station, Department of Agriculture, Grafton, New South Wales, Australia
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Summary

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.

Type
Short Note
Information
The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 88 , Issue 1 , February 1977 , pp. 247 - 249
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1977

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