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Effect of Height of Cut on Yield of Pensacola Bahiagrass 1
Author(s) -
Beaty E. R.,
Stanley Robert L.,
Powell John
Publication year - 1968
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/agronj1968.00021962006000040007x
Subject(s) - forage , clipping (morphology) , agronomy , paspalum notatum , environmental science , zoology , biology , philosophy , linguistics
A clipping study on Pensacola bahiagrass ( Paspalumnotatum var. ‘saurae Parodi’) over a 2‐year period, 1965 and 1966, showed that approximately 40% of the forage produced was within 2.54 cm of the soil surface. An additional 16 to 18% of the forage was produced between 2.54 and 5.08 cm from the surface. Only 9 to 16% of the forage was produced above 12.7 cm. N application tended to increase slightly the amount of forage produced above 12.7 cm and decrease the percent produced below 5.08 cm. Conventional clipping at a height at 6.25 cm recovered 22 to 44% of the forage on the area and appears to be an unsatisfactory method for evaluating bahiagrass forage production. Clipping removed a lower percent of the forage present at the June and October harvests than at the July, August, or September clippings.