The effect of winter burning and mowing on seasonal herbage yield of Eragrostis curvula (Schard) Nees

Abstract

The response of Eragrostis curvula cv. Ermelo to three levels of fertilizer (no nitrogen or phosphorus; 53 kg nitrogen + 16 kg phosphorus per ha; and 106 kg nitrogen + 32 kg phosphorus per ha), three times of removing unutilized herbage (July, August and September) and three methods of herbage removal (annual mowing, annual burning and burning and mowing in alternate years) was measured over six years in a 3E3 factorial experiment.

Keywords: burning regimes|mowing|seasonalities|herbage yields|fertilisers|nitrogen|phosphorus|herbage|herbage removals|dry matter yields|defoliations|crude proteins|fibres|grasses|controlled burnings