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Growth Responses Of Warm-Season Tall Grasses To Dormant Season Management, Walter H. Schacht, Alexander J. Smart, Bruce Anderson, Lowell E. Moser, Richard J. Rasby
Growth Responses Of Warm-Season Tall Grasses To Dormant Season Management, Walter H. Schacht, Alexander J. Smart, Bruce Anderson, Lowell E. Moser, Richard J. Rasby
Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications
A study on Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) land was established in southeastern Nebraska to determine the effect of dormant-season management on subsequent-year growth rates and yields of tallgrasses. The purpose of the management practices was removal of standing dead material and litter that negatively impact plant growth and grazing efficiency. Treatments consisted of a control with no residue manipulation and 5 residue manipulation practices including (1) October shredding and leaving residue; (2) October haying; (3) October intensive grazing; (4) March intensive grazing; and (5) spring prescribed burning. The study was conducted in 1994195 and 1995/96 on a switchgrass (Panicum …