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SEASONAL YIELD AND COMPOSITION OF LUCERNE IN RELATION TO THE TIME OF CUTTING OF FIRST AND SECOND GROWTH
Author(s) -
Dent J. W.
Publication year - 1959
Publication title -
grass and forage science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.716
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1365-2494
pISSN - 0142-5242
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2494.1959.tb01029.x
Subject(s) - yield (engineering) , crop , agronomy , growing season , plant growth , biology , spring (device) , stage (stratigraphy) , mathematics , environmental science , horticulture , materials science , mechanical engineering , paleontology , metallurgy , engineering
Cutting experiments on the spring growth of a stand of Provence lucerne, the first year of which were described in a previous paper (1), were continued For a second and third season. The value of taking the first cut at the early bud stage, particularly in an unfavourable season, was confirmed. No adverse effects were observed in the crop after three seasons of this treatment and yields were satisfactory in the third year. Similar cutting experiments were made on the second growth of an area of Du Puits lucerne after the spring growth had been cut uniformly at the early bud stage. The curves for protein and fibre production were similar to those for the first growth but the crop matured more quickly and yields were lower. No further advantage was observed in cutting the second growth before the flower stage although earlier cutting produced no apparent ill‐effect on the plant or upon subsequent yield.