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Effects of cultivation and liming on the annual reseed and botanical composition of a mediterranean annual-type seeded pastures

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Resumo:An experiment was conducted on a low fertility acid soil during 1987-1992, to investigate the influence of lime placement and method of cultivation on the botanical composition and subclover seedling density of a rainfed Mediterranean subclover-based sown pasture. Two different methods of cultivation, ploughing and scarifying, were factorially combined with three types of the lime application, before, after and half before plus half after cultivation. Lime at four rates, 0, 2, 3 and 6 t lime/ha was applied in a split arranjement. Liming and scarifying treatments increased sown species (subclovers, white clover and tall fescue) and decreased native species and bare ground. With the first lime increment the sown legumes percentage almost tripled while bare ground chover decreased by more than three times.
Autores principais:Trindade, Henrique
Outros Autores:Almeida, J.P.F.; Moreira, Nuno; Coutinho, João
Assunto:Pasture Clover
Ano:1993
País:Portugal
Tipo de documento:documento de conferência
Tipo de acesso:acesso aberto
Instituição associada:Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco
Idioma:inglês
Origem:Repositório Científico do Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco
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Resumo:An experiment was conducted on a low fertility acid soil during 1987-1992, to investigate the influence of lime placement and method of cultivation on the botanical composition and subclover seedling density of a rainfed Mediterranean subclover-based sown pasture. Two different methods of cultivation, ploughing and scarifying, were factorially combined with three types of the lime application, before, after and half before plus half after cultivation. Lime at four rates, 0, 2, 3 and 6 t lime/ha was applied in a split arranjement. Liming and scarifying treatments increased sown species (subclovers, white clover and tall fescue) and decreased native species and bare ground. With the first lime increment the sown legumes percentage almost tripled while bare ground chover decreased by more than three times.