Open AccessEffect of Two Heights and Three Intervals of Grazing on Stand of a Heavily Fertilized Star Grass Pasture
Author(s) -
José Rodríguez,
Servando Silva
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
the journal of agriculture of the university of puerto rico/the journal of agriculture of the university of puerto rico
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 2308-1759
pISSN - 0041-994X
DOI - 10.46429/jaupr.v59i3.10609
Subject(s) - grazing , pasture , agronomy , zoology , biology , cattle grazing , environmental science
The effect of two grazing heights and three grazing intervals on a stand of Star grass was determined over 2 consecutive years of grazing under humid tropical conditions. A stand of Star grass was maintained better with high grazing (15-20 cm or 6-8 inches) at all grazing intervals than with low grazing (2.5-7.5 cm or 1-3 inches). The stand increased with length of grazing interval with low grazing up to 28 days and with high grazing increased only to the 21-day interval. It appears best to graze Star to a height of about 15-20 cm (6-8 inches) approximately every 3 weeks during seasons of flush growth and every 4 weeks during the slow growing winter season.