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Forage Yield, Quality, Compatibility, And Persistence Of Warm-Season Grass—Legume Mixtures, G. L. Posler, Andrew W. Lenssen, G. L. Fine
Forage Yield, Quality, Compatibility, And Persistence Of Warm-Season Grass—Legume Mixtures, G. L. Posler, Andrew W. Lenssen, G. L. Fine
Andrew W. Lenssen
Development of compatible, persistent, warm-season grass-legume mixtures could increase forage yield and quality during summer months. We established a trial to determine forage yield, quality, species compatibility, and persistence of binary mixtures of warm-season grasses with selected legumes, five of which are native to the central USA. Grass entries were switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.), sideoats grama (Bouteloua curtipendula Michx.), and indiangrass [Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash]. Legume entries were purple prairieclover [Dalea purpurea Vent.; syn. Petalostemon purpureum (Vent.) Rydb.], roundhead lespedeza (Lespedeza capitata Michx.), leadplant (Amorpha canescens Pursh), Illinois bundleflower [Desmanthus illinoensis (Michx.) MacMill., B. Robins. & Fern.], catclaw sensitive brier …