Comparison of meadow fescue and meadow bromegrass in monoculture and in association with white clover

Drapeau, R.; Bélanger, Gilles

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“…The decline of white clover in mixtures with grasses under frequent cutting has been reported previously. In a study conducted in Québec where white clover was grown in a mixture with either meadow fescue or meadow bromegrass under frequent cutting (Drapeau and Bélanger 2009), the proportion of white clover decreased from the first to the third post-seeding year, reaching values below 10%. In a study of white clover in mixtures with grasses conducted in Newfoundland, the proportion of white clover also decreased from 40% in the first postseeding year to 27% in the third post-seeding year (McKenzie et al 2005).…”

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Yield and nutritive value of binary legume-grass mixtures under grazing or frequent cutting

et al. 2017

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Although most forage production in eastern Canada is comprised of species mixtures, little research has identified the best species to include in forage mixtures. Our objective was to identify binary legume-grass mixtures with high forage yield and nutritive value under either simulated grazing with frequent cutting or cattle grazing. The experiment was conducted at three sites in eastern Canada with 18 binary legume-grass mixtures of one of six grass species {Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis L.), meadow fescue (Festuca pratensis Huds.), orchardgrass (Dactylis glomerata L.), tall fescue [Schedonorus phoenix (Scob.) Holub], timothy (Phleum pratense L.), and meadow bromegrass (Bromus biebersteinii Roem. & Schult.)} seeded in 2010 with a grazing-type alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.), white clover (Trifolium repens L.), or birdsfoot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus L.). The six grass species grown in mixture with alfalfa, birdsfoot trefoil, or white clover persisted well under frequent cutting or rotational grazing at the three sites. White clover grown in a binary mixture with a grass species did not perform well under frequent cutting or rotational grazing. Meadow bromegrass based binary mixtures were overall the best performing in terms of dry matter yield; although their nutritive value was average, meadow bromegrass combined with alfalfa or birdsfoot trefoil were among the best legume-grass mixtures for estimated milk production per hectare. The greatest estimated milk production per hectare was obtained with birdsfoot trefoil mixed with meadow bromegrass followed by the alfalfa-timothy and the alfalfa-meadow bromegrass mixtures.Key words: alfalfa, clover, forage, grass, grazing.Résumé : Bien que la majeure partie des fourrages récoltés dans l'est du Canada viennent d'un mélange d'espèces, on a relativement peu effectué de recherches pour déterminer quelles espèces constitueraient le meilleur mélange. Les auteurs voulaient établir les mélanges binaires légumineuse-graminée dont le rendement fourrager est le plus élevé et qui ont la plus grande valeur nutritive en simulant la paissance avec des coupes fréquentes ou sous pâturage avec des animaux. L'expérience, réalisée à trois endroits dans l'est du Canada, portait sur 18 mélanges binaires de légumineuses et de graminées. Les six graminées employées étaient le pâturin des prés (Poa pratensis L.), la fétuque des prés (Festuca pratensis Huds.), le dactyle pelotonné (Dactylis glomerata L), la fétuque élevée [Schedonorus phoenix (Scob.) Holub ], la fléole (Phleum pratense L.) et le brome des prés (Bromus biebersteinii Roem. & Schult.). En 2010, ils ont semé les graminées avec de la luzerne adaptée à la paissance (Medicago sativa L.), du trèfle blanc (Trifolium repens L.) ou du lotier corniculé (Lotus corniculatus L.). Les six graminées cultivées avec la luzerne, le lotier corniculé ou le trèfle blanc ont bien résisté aux coupes fréquentes et aux pâturages tournants, aux trois sites. Mélangé à une graminée, le trèfle blanc n'a pas bien performé avec des coupes fréq...

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“…There is limited information in eastern Canada on the alfalfameadow bromegrass mixture. In a study with frequent cutting, meadow bromegrass yielded more than meadow fescue in the second and third post-seeding years when they were grown with white clover (Drapeau and Bélanger 2009).…”

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Yield and nutritive value of binary legume-grass mixtures under grazing or frequent cutting

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“…The choice of grass mixes had a very limited effect on seasonal forage DM yield even though grass species are known to differ in their tolerance to frequent defoliations (Cullen et al 2006;Drapeau and Bélanger 2009). The grass mix containing timothy and meadow fescue, known to be sensitive to frequent defoliations, performed nearly as well in terms of seasonal forage DM yield over three post-seeding years as the grass mix with tall fescue and meadow bromegrass, known for their greater tolerance to frequent defoliations.…”

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“…is not widely used in eastern Canada, but it is often seeded with timothy (Phleum pratense L.) in Scandinavian countries (Virkajärvi 2004). Both timothy and meadow fescue are well adapted to growing conditions in eastern Canada, but they are not tolerant to frequent defoliation (Kunelius et al 2003;Drapeau and Bélanger 2009), and timothy has poor regrowth potential. Tall fescue [Schedonorus arundinaceus (Schreb.)…”

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Yield and nutritive value of grazed complex legume–grass mixtures under increasing nitrogen application rates

et al. 2020

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Complex pasture mixtures are advantageous, but little information exists on the best forage species and nitrogen (N) management in eastern Canada. We compared under mob stocking four complex mixtures of one of two legume species [alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) and birdsfoot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus L.)] plus one of two grass mixes [No. 1 — timothy (Phleum pratense L.), meadow fescue (Schedonorus pratensis (Huds.) P. Beauv.), reed canarygrass (Phalaris arundinacea L.), and Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis L.); No. 2 — tall fescue (Schedonorus arundinaceus (Schreb.) Dumort., nom. cons.), meadow bromegrass (Bromus biebersteinii Roem. and Schult.), reed canarygrass, and Kentucky bluegrass] under three N application rates at three sites over the first three post-seeding years. Legume species had little effect on most forage attributes mainly because of their low contribution to forage dry matter (DM) yield (<30%) in second and third years. The grass mix with tall fescue and meadow bromegrass (No. 2) yielded similar or slightly better than the one with timothy and meadow fescue (No. 1) but tended to have a greater neutral detergent fibre concentration, and lower N and total digestible nutrient concentrations. Nitrogen fertilization increased forage DM yield only in second and third years when the legume contribution to forage DM yield was <30%, and it increased N concentration and decreased nonstructural carbohydrate concentration. These results highlight the challenge of maintaining legume species in rotationally grazed pastures of eastern Canada and confirm recommendations of applying no or little N fertilizer on grazed legume–grass mixtures when the legume contribution to forage DM yield is >30%.

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Forage energy to protein ratio of several legume–grass complex mixtures

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Bélanger

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Animal Feed Science and Technology

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Comparison of meadow fescue and meadow bromegrass in monoculture and in association with white clover

Cited by 4 publications

References 10 publications

Yield and nutritive value of binary legume-grass mixtures under grazing or frequent cutting

Yield and nutritive value of binary legume-grass mixtures under grazing or frequent cutting

Yield and nutritive value of grazed complex legume–grass mixtures under increasing nitrogen application rates

Forage energy to protein ratio of several legume–grass complex mixtures

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