Open AccessEFFECT OF MANAGEMENT ON PASTURE COMPOSITION
Author(s) -
Shona M. Maclean
Publication year - 1958
Publication title -
proceedings of the new zealand grassland association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1179-4577
pISSN - 0369-3902
DOI - 10.33584/jnzg.1958.20.1085
Subject(s) - pasture , grazing , composition (language) , agronomy , agroforestry , yield (engineering) , environmental science , geography , biology , materials science , art , metallurgy , literature
The type of management a pasture is given determines the botanical composition of the sward and in turn influences the yield of herbage produced. Of the various aspects of pasture management, the two factors that bring about the most rapid changes in composition are length and height of grazing and chemical spraying of pastures.