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Publication Type:
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Content Type: | Abstract or Summary only |
Author(s): | Bélanger, G.;
Michard, R.;
Brégard, A. |
Author Affiliation: | Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada |
Title: | Yield and nutritive value of tall fescue and timothy |
Section: | Abstracts of technical papers Other records with the "Abstracts of technical papers" Section
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Source: | Canadian Journal of Plant Science. Vol. 82, No. 1, January 2002, p. 139. |
Publishing Information: | Ottawa: Agricultural Institute of Canada |
# of Pages: | 1 |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Comparisons; Cultivar evaluation; Digestibility; Festuca arundinacea; Neutral detergent fiber; Nitrogen fertilization; Regrowth
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Geographic Terms: | Eastern Canada |
Abstract/Contents: | "Tall fescue is not a widely used forage grass species in eastern Canada but it is reported to have some interesting agronomic features. In a study conducted near Que^D'bec City, tall fescue cv. AC Graze and timothy cv. Champ were grown under three N rates (0, 80, and 180 kg N ha-1) and harvested twice a year over 2 production years. The greater seasonal yield of tall fescue (11.4 t DM ha-1) compared to timothy (9.3 t DM ha-1) was explained in part by its greater summer regrowth. Tall fescue also had a greater in vitro true digestibility (IVTD) by 21 g kg-1 DM and cell wall digestibility by 13 g kg-1 NDF, and a lower NDF concentration by 17 g kg-1 DM, than those of timothy. The relationship between nutritive value and DM yield was also studied during spring growth by sampling on four dates (6, 12, 20, and 27 June). For the same level of yield, tall fescue had a greater N concentration, IVTD and a lower NDF concentration than timothy. Our results confirm the potential of tall fescue in eastern Canada." |
Language: | English |
References: | 0 |
Note: | This item is an abstract only! |
| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Bélanger, G., R. Michard, and A. Brégard. 2002. Yield and nutritive value of tall fescue and timothy. Can. J. Plant Sci. 82(1):p. 139. |
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