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ARCHIVES OF AGRONOMY AND SOIL SCIENCE
卷 59, 期 2, 页码 305-315出版社
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/03650340.2011.615026
关键词
forage; pasture mass; plate height; ruler height; tall fescue; orchardgrass
资金
- USDA-ARS Lab in Beckley, WV
A plate meter for measuring pasture mass was calibrated at Agroforestry Research Site in Blacksburg, Virginia, USA, using six ungrazed plots of established tall fescue overseeded with orchardgrass. Each plot was interplanted with bare root honey locust and black walnut seedlings spaced along a gradient ranging from 1.8 to 11.0 m. Plate height (PH) of forage between trees was measured by placing a 46-mm x 46-mm x 5.6-mm-thick acrylic plastic plate meter on pasture canopy at six locations four times a season. PH was measured between ground and plate as it rested on pasture canopy. To calibrate the plate meter against a known dry matter yield, 50 x 50-cm clip plots followed each PH measurement. The resulting regression slope was 421 kg ha(-1) cm(-1), with an r(2) value of 0.86. Unique research investigating the response of forage mass to site elevation is presented using the developed equation. The field-calibrated regression slope of ruler height (RH) to PH was 1.71 cm cm(-1), with an r(2) value of 0.87, showing good correlation between RH and PH. A comparable regional regression equation was found to adequately predict independent calibration clip plot data reported at this site. The results support the application of regression equations for estimating pasture mass in areas having similar climates and pasture composition.
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