How Long Should Grasses of South American Campos Grasslands Rest for Stockpiling Forage?
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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B. auleticus | N. neesiana | |||||||||
TS | L | S | D | FM | TS | L | S | D | FM | |
P | 0.01 | 0.09 | −0.11 | −0.06 | 0.06 | −0.32 | 0.14 | −0.19 | −0.06 | −0.6 |
TS | −0.88 * | 0.26 | 0.91 * | 0.94 * | −0.70 * | 0.27 | 0.65 | 0.72 * | ||
S | −0.52 | −0.98 * | −0.83 * | −0.39 | −0.92 * | −0.38 | ||||
D | 0.35 | 0.17 | 0.01 | 0.26 | ||||||
FM | 0.88 * | 0.26 | ||||||||
A. laterallis | P. notatum | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TS | L | S | D | FM | TS | L | S | D | FM | |
P | −0.74 * | 0.6 | −0.39 | −0.43 | −0.81 * | −0.72 * | 0.88 * | −0.71 * | −0.39 | −0.80 * |
TS | −0.53 | 0.26 | 0.67 | 0.92 * | −0.54 | 0.27 | 0.42 | 0.84 * | ||
S | −0.91 * | −0.24 | −0.55 | −0.73 * | −0.54 | −0.76 * | ||||
D | −0.1 | 0.3 | −0.17 | 0.47 | ||||||
FM | 0.56 | 0.51 | ||||||||
M. selloana | P. dilatatum | |||||||||
TS | L | S | D | FM | TS | L | S | D | FM | |
P | −0.85 * | 0.61 | −0.05 | −0.59 | −0.81 * | −0.82 * | 0.74 * | −0.11 | −0.48 | −0.80 * |
TS | −0.46 | −0.23 | 0.75 * | 0.83 * | −0.78 * | −0.16 | 0.71 * | 0.86 * | ||
S | −0.62 | −0.39 | −0.59 | −0.19 | −0.65 | −0.79 * | ||||
D | −0.47 | −0.07 | −0.59 | −0.01 | ||||||
FM | 0.61 | 0.61 |
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Risso Barbosa, M.; Durante, M.; Marin, L.; Cazzuli, F.; Ferreira de Quadros, F.L.; Dixon, R.M.; Riet Correa, F.; Jaurena, M. How Long Should Grasses of South American Campos Grasslands Rest for Stockpiling Forage? Agronomy 2024, 14, 1790. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14081790
Risso Barbosa M, Durante M, Marin L, Cazzuli F, Ferreira de Quadros FL, Dixon RM, Riet Correa F, Jaurena M. How Long Should Grasses of South American Campos Grasslands Rest for Stockpiling Forage? Agronomy. 2024; 14(8):1790. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14081790
Chicago/Turabian StyleRisso Barbosa, Marlon, Martín Durante, Luciana Marin, Fiorella Cazzuli, Fernando Luiz Ferreira de Quadros, Rob M. Dixon, Franklin Riet Correa, and Martin Jaurena. 2024. "How Long Should Grasses of South American Campos Grasslands Rest for Stockpiling Forage?" Agronomy 14, no. 8: 1790. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14081790