Sammanfattning

Pasture swards can easily be damaged by trampling, causing serious problems on many farms. This study evaluated and compared swards made from four seed mixtures regarding resistance to trampling and animal selection at grazing. All mixtures contained cultivars of smooth meadow-grass (Poa pratensis) and red fescue (Festuca rubra) with/without white clover (Trifolium repens) as a base, plus perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) or tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea). The four leys were set up in a randomised block design (three replicates) and rotation-grazed for two seasons. Degree of ground cover was evaluated by spatial analysis of Unmanned Aircraft System photographs after rotations. The ley with clover, ryegrass cv. Foxtrot, smooth meadow-grass and red fescue had more (P<0.05) ground cover (76.1%) than the same mixture without clover (72.2%) or the mixture with tall fescue (72.5%).

Nyckelord

seed mixture, ground cover, spatial analysis, botanical composition, pasture

Publicerad i

Grassland Science in Europe
2016, Volym: 21, sidor: 68-70 Titel: The multiple roles of grassland in the European bioeconomy : proceedings of the 26th general meeting of the European Grassland Federation Trondheim, Norway 4-8 September 2016
ISBN: 978-82-17-01677-9
Utgivare: Organising Committee of the 26th General Meeting of the European Grassland Federation, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research

Konferens

26th General Meeting of the European Grassland Federation

SLU författare

• Nilsdotter-Linde, Nilla

  • Institutionen för växtproduktionsekologi, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

• Spörndly, Eva

  • Institutionen för tillämpad husdjursvetenskap och välfärd, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

UKÄ forskningsämne

Jordbruksvetenskap
Husdjursvetenskap


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