Productivity of caucasian clover based pastures under irrigation

Moss, RJ; Burton, R. N.; Allan, B.E.

doi:10.33584/jnzg.1996.58.2227

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“…At the three sites in Minnesota, WC production was, however, more than twofold greater than KC in 12 of 18 site–herbicide–N treatment combinations. Others have also reported greater first‐year production of WC when compared with KC (Spencer et al, 1975; Moss et al, 1996).…”

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Establishment of Kura Clover No‐Tilled into Grass Pastures with Herbicide Sod Suppression and Nitrogen Fertilization

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Kura clover is a rhizomatous perennial legume with exceptional persistence under intensive management Sod-seeding legumes into grass-dominated pastures improve forage (Taylor and Smith, 1998). It is also very winter-hardy, productivity and quality. Identical field experiments were established in May 2001-2002 at two sites in Québec and three in Minnesota. Our adapted to a wide range of edaphic conditions, and objective was to compare the establishment in perennial cool-season has high forage quality compared with other perennial grass sods of two sod-seeded cultivars ('Cossack' and 'Endura') of Kura legume species. Relative to alfalfa, at comparable stages clover (Trifolium ambiguum M.B.) against that of red clover (Trifolium of maturity, Kura clover has lower concentrations of pratense L.) and white clover (Trifolium repens L.) using different herneutral detergent fiber, acid detergent fiber, and acid bicide sod suppression intensities {paraquat, 1,1'-dimethyl-4,4'-bipyridetergent lignin, and higher crude protein and in vitro dinium (0.9 kg a.i. ha Ϫ1 ) and glyphosate [N-(phosphonomethyl) glydigestibility (Allinson et al., 1985; Seguin et al., 2002). cine] (0.8 or 3.3 kg a.i. ha Ϫ1 )}, without or with N fertilization (110 Establishment problems have limited the widespread kg N ha Ϫ1 ). Establishment year plant density and dry matter (DM) use of Kura clover. These are related in part to Kura production of both Kura clover cultivars were similar (avg. 90 plants clover's propensity to devote most of its fixed C to m Ϫ2 , 390 kg DM ha Ϫ1 ), but were generally inferior to white clover (avg. 110 plants m Ϫ2 , 740 kg DM ha Ϫ1 ) and red clover (avg. 170 plants roots and rhizomes during establishment and to its slow m Ϫ2 , 1450 kg DM ha Ϫ1 ). Paraquat did not sufficiently suppress the nodulation and limited N 2 fixation in the seeding year sod, resulting in lower legume populations and yields than glyphosate. (Peterson et al., 1994; Seguin et al., 2001). Sod suppression using glyphosate, however, led to heavy seeding-yearWith its slow establishment but high persistence, Kura weed infestation at two of three sites in Minnesota (avg. 2.2 Mg clover is best suited for permanent pastures. Permanent weed DM ha Ϫ1 ). Sod-seeded Kura clover successfully established with pastures are often located on marginal land with soils glyphosate; however, its contribution to forage production in the sodhard to till, and often contain at least some desirable seeding year remained minimal (Ͻ0.5 Mg ha Ϫ1 at four of five sites).perennial grass species. Legume sod-seeding is a pre- Effects of N fertilization varied with species and herbicides; effects onferred renovation technique for these pastures. In these Kura clover were inconsistent but rarely detrimental, while increasing situations, the resident vegetation can be suppressed by total forage yields by an average of 40%. It is thus possible to establish Kura clover via sod-seeding; however, its productivity in the seeding herbicide before no-till drilling to reduce competition year remains...

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Establishment of Kura Clover No‐Tilled into Grass Pastures with Herbicide Sod Suppression and Nitrogen Fertilization

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“…In New Zealand, associations of WC with different grasses had higher legume content (40%) than associations of these same grasses with KC (15%) 10 months after seeding. However, after 28 months, KC occupied a greater percentage of the sward (17%) than WC (5%) (Moss et al, 1996).…”

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Forage Yield and Species Composition in Years following Kura Clover Sod‐Seeding into Grass Swards

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“…The similar number of grazing days (Table 4) and pre‐grazing herbage mass (Table 5), measured for both clover species, was in contrast with Moss et al. (1996).…”

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“…Irrigation is normally practised in the Canterbury region of New Zealand to finish lambs using permanent pastures, while sheep farms without irrigation are also common in the region. Previous studies in Canterbury have reported greater DM yields by Caucasian clover compared with white clover in swards both with irrigation (Moss et al. , 1996) and without irrigation (Black et al.…”

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Liveweight gains of lambs from Caucasian clover/ryegrass and white clover/ryegrass swards on soils of high and low fertility

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Summary The high nutritive value and persistence under a wide range of climatic and soil fertility conditions make Caucasian clover a potentially useful forage legume but there is little information about the performance of livestock grazing Caucasian clover/grass swards. This study compared liveweight gains of lambs grazing Caucasian clover/perennial ryegrass and white clover/perennial ryegrass swards on high fertility (Olsen P 20 mg L−1, SO4‐S 12 mg kg−1) and low fertility (Olsen P 11 mg L−1, SO4‐S 7 mg kg−1) soils from 1998 to 2001 in the South Island of New Zealand. Mean annual liveweight gains were 1178 kg ha−1 for Caucasian clover/perennial ryegrass and 1069 kg ha−1 for white clover/perennial ryegrass swards at high fertility compared with 1094 kg ha−1 and 1015 kg ha−1, respectively, at low fertility. There was a higher mean proportion of clover in Caucasian clover/perennial ryegrass (0·19) than white clover/perennial ryegrass (0·11) swards, but there were no differences in total herbage production between the two clover/perennial ryegrass swards. The mean concentration of crude protein in the herbage of Caucasian clover (302 g kg DM−1) was higher than that in white clover (287 g kg DM−1) and grass herbage (227 g kg DM−1). Estimated mean metabolizable energy concentrations in the herbage were 12·5 MJ kg DM−1 for the two clovers and 11·6 MJ kg DM−1 for grass herbage. The difference in liveweight gain between swards on soils of high and low fertility was associated with an increase in total herbage production of similar composition and nutritive value, giving a greater number of grazing days for the swards on soils of high than low fertility.

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Productivity of caucasian clover based pastures under irrigation

Cited by 13 publications

References 8 publications

Establishment of Kura Clover No‐Tilled into Grass Pastures with Herbicide Sod Suppression and Nitrogen Fertilization

Establishment of Kura Clover No‐Tilled into Grass Pastures with Herbicide Sod Suppression and Nitrogen Fertilization

Forage Yield and Species Composition in Years following Kura Clover Sod‐Seeding into Grass Swards

Liveweight gains of lambs from Caucasian clover/ryegrass and white clover/ryegrass swards on soils of high and low fertility

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