Forage production and leaf proportion of lucerne in subtropical environments: cultivar, cutting frequency and canopy effects: Forage production and nutritive value of lucerne in subtropical environments

In subtropical and humid environments the ‘winter-active’ cultivars of lucerne usually produce more forage with lower leaf proportion (i.e. leaf to stem ratio) than the ‘winter-dormant’ ones. Present research analyze (i) if differences in forage production changes with cutting frequency, and (ii) i...

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Autores principales: Berone, Germán, Bertrám, Nicolás, Di Nucci, Elena
Formato: Artículo revista
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias-UNCuyo 2021
Materias:
alfalfa
latencia invernal
frecuencia de corte
producción de forraje
relación hoja : tallo
lucerne
fall dormancy
cutting frequency
forage production
leaf to stem ratio
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.uncu.edu.ar/ojs3/index.php/RFCA/article/view/3335
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topic alfalfa
latencia invernal
frecuencia de corte
producción de forraje
relación hoja : tallo
lucerne
fall dormancy
cutting frequency
forage production
leaf to stem ratio
spellingShingle alfalfa
latencia invernal
frecuencia de corte
producción de forraje
relación hoja : tallo
lucerne
fall dormancy
cutting frequency
forage production
leaf to stem ratio
Berone, Germán
Bertrám, Nicolás
Di Nucci, Elena
Forage production and leaf proportion of lucerne in subtropical environments: cultivar, cutting frequency and canopy effects: Forage production and nutritive value of lucerne in subtropical environments
topic_facet alfalfa
latencia invernal
frecuencia de corte
producción de forraje
relación hoja : tallo
lucerne
fall dormancy
cutting frequency
forage production
leaf to stem ratio
author Berone, Germán
Bertrám, Nicolás
Di Nucci, Elena
author_facet Berone, Germán
Bertrám, Nicolás
Di Nucci, Elena
author_sort Berone, Germán
title Forage production and leaf proportion of lucerne in subtropical environments: cultivar, cutting frequency and canopy effects: Forage production and nutritive value of lucerne in subtropical environments
title_short Forage production and leaf proportion of lucerne in subtropical environments: cultivar, cutting frequency and canopy effects: Forage production and nutritive value of lucerne in subtropical environments
title_full Forage production and leaf proportion of lucerne in subtropical environments: cultivar, cutting frequency and canopy effects: Forage production and nutritive value of lucerne in subtropical environments
title_fullStr Forage production and leaf proportion of lucerne in subtropical environments: cultivar, cutting frequency and canopy effects: Forage production and nutritive value of lucerne in subtropical environments
title_full_unstemmed Forage production and leaf proportion of lucerne in subtropical environments: cultivar, cutting frequency and canopy effects: Forage production and nutritive value of lucerne in subtropical environments
title_sort forage production and leaf proportion of lucerne in subtropical environments: cultivar, cutting frequency and canopy effects: forage production and nutritive value of lucerne in subtropical environments
description In subtropical and humid environments the ‘winter-active’ cultivars of lucerne usually produce more forage with lower leaf proportion (i.e. leaf to stem ratio) than the ‘winter-dormant’ ones. Present research analyze (i) if differences in forage production changes with cutting frequency, and (ii) if differences in leaf proportion are intrinsic (i.e. ‘cultivar differences’) or are due to variations in plant morphology (i.e. ‘aerial biomass and canopy height’). In two subtropical locations a factorial experiment including three alfalfa cultivars (FD4= ‘winter-dormant’, FD6=‘semi-dormant’, FD9=‘winter-active’) and three cutting frequencies (‘high’, ‘intermediate’ and ‘low’) was established. As the cutting frequency decrease (i.e. from ‘high’ to ‘low’) the more winter-active cultivars were more productive than the more winter-dormant ones (FD9>FD6>FD4) due mainly to a higher stem production. However, differences between cultivars disappear (FD9=FD6=FD4) as the cutting frequency increases (i.e. from ‘low’ to ‘high’ cutting frequency). Compared at similar canopy height, differences between cultivars in leaf proportion were practically irrelevant. We confirm that (i) in subtropical and humid environments, the differences in forage production between cultivars contrasting in their winter activity depend of the cutting frequency, and that (ii) the leaf proportion depends mainly of plant morphology, especially canopy height’, being irrelevant the cultivar and the environment. Highlights This paper shows that (i) differences in forage production between cultivars of lucerne depend on the cutting frequency, and that (ii) leaf proportion is governed by plant morphology, especially canopy height. Forage production was similar between cultivars at high cutting frequency but at low cutting frequency winter-active and semi-dormant cultivars (FD6 and FD9) produce more forage than winter dormant (FD4) ones. Lucerne cultivars showing the same leaf proportion when they were compared at similar canopy height suggesting that leaf proportion is not an intrinsic trait Changes in leaf proportion were better explained by changes in canopy height than by changes in thermal time.
publisher Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias-UNCuyo
publishDate 2021
url https://revistas.uncu.edu.ar/ojs3/index.php/RFCA/article/view/3335
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