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Effect of Fertilization of a Crowley Clay Loam on the Chemical Composition of Forage and Carpet Grass, Axonopus Affinis 1
Author(s) -
Fraps G. S.,
Fudge J. F.,
Reynolds E. B.
Publication year - 1943
Publication title -
agronomy journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.752
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1435-0645
pISSN - 0002-1962
DOI - 10.2134/agronj1943.00021962003500070002x
Subject(s) - loam , forage , agronomy , mathematics , biology , ecology , soil water
EFFECT OF FERTILIZATION OF A CROWLEY CLAY LOAM ON THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF FORAGE AND CARPET GRASS, AXONOPUS A F F I N I S G. S. FRAPS, J. F. FUDGE, AND E. B. REYNOLDS~ HE value of commercial fertilizers for pastures has been the T subject of considerable research in recent years. The chemical composition is particularly of value in areas where, as in Texas and particularly along the Gulf Coast, quality rather than quantity of forage is often the limiting factor in animal production. Some workers ( I , 2, 3, IO, 11, 1 2 ) ~ have studied the effect of fertilizers on the chemical composition of single species of pasture plants, but most of the work has been done on changes in botanical composition of the pastures and in chemical composition of the mixed herbage. This paper presents a study of variations in yield and protein, phosphoric acid, and lime in total forage and carpet grass, Axonopus ufinis, caused by fertilization of a Crowley clay loam soil.