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A STUDY OF WILTING CONDITIONS IN SOUTH‐WEST ENGLAND
Author(s) -
Taylor Anne
Publication year - 1963
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.1365-2494.1963.tb00370.x
Subject(s) - morning , dew , wilting , environmental science , silage , zoology , agronomy , meteorology , biology , geography , botany , condensation
Moisture losses from swaths of long herbage were recorded on eleven occasions in May, June and September, in order to supply data on which to base advice on making prewilted silage. Mowing in the late afternoon and picking up the following afternoon and mowing in the morning and picking up in mid‐afternoon both resulted in losses averaging 9·6%. These losses occurred in fairly dry weather throughout the season, even when it was cloudy and cool. Mowing in the late afternoon and picking up next morning, before dew or overnight rain had evaporated, resulted in negligible losses, averaging only 2·4%.