Forage yield

Posler GL, Lenssen AW, Fine GL (1993) Forage yield, quality, compatibility, and persistence of warm-season grass-legume mixtures. Agron 1 85 554—560 Putnam AR, Duke WB (1974) Biological suppression of weeds - evidence for allelopathy in accessions of cucumber. Science 185 370-372... 

Sleugh B, Moore KJ, George JR, Brummer EC (2000) Binary legume-grass mixtures improve forage yield, quality, and seasonal distribution. Agron J 92 24-29 Smolinska U, Morra MJ, Knudsen GR, James RL (2003) Isothiocyanates produced by Brassicaceae species as inhibitors of Fusarium oxysporum. Plant Dis 87 407-412 Soon YK, Harker KN, Clayton GW (2004) Plant competition effects on the nitrogen economy of field pea and the subsequent crop. Soil Sci Soc Am J 68 552-557... 

Degenhart, N.R., B.K. Wemer, and G.W. Burton, 1995, Forage yield and quality of a brown midrib mutant in pearl millet, Crop Sci. 35 986-988. 

McSorley, R., Gallaher, R. Nematode changes and forage yields of six com and sorghum cultivars. J Nematol 1991 23 673-677. 

For example, in the evaluation of forage yield and stand survival during the MaxQ effort, the substitution effect of a nontoxic strain was more complex and variable than for the animal responses (Bouton et al., 2000). Of the three nontoxic... 

Thompson and Hsieh (1972) compared Mo seed treatment of alfalfa (Medicago saliva L.) with soil-applied Mo on a pH-4.9 soil in greenhouse pots. Coating alfalfa seeds with CaCOj resulted in increased forage yields in the presence and in the absence of applied Mo (Table 11.3). There was no response to Mo application without CaCOj included in the seed coating. Alfalfa forage yields were similar with seed-applied Mo and soil-applied Mo when the seed coating included CaCOj. 

Some soils are so acid that legume production is not possible without at least a low rate of lime application. Gupta (1969) reported that lime was needed for successful alfalfa production in eastern Canada. Whereas Mo applications did not increase forage yields on a limed, high-Mo soil, both Mo and lime were required to produce good yields on low-Mo soils. 

Eleven field experiments were conducted in five southeastern states in the United States over a 3-year period to determine the responses of forage legumes to Mo and lime applications (Mortvedt and Anderson, 1982). Alfalfa and five clover (Trifolium spp.) species were included in those experiments. Liming resulted in increased forage yields from soils where the initial soil pH was less than 5.5. Alfalfa yields generally increased with increasing soil pH (Table 11.6), but clover yields were less influenced by soil pH (data not shown). 

The forage yield should be estimated at 2 tons per acre (or actual values should be used if tlWy are known). 

The nonvisual or subtle effects of air pollutants involve reduced plant growth and alteration of physiological and biochemical processes, as well as changes in the reproductive cycle. Reduction in crop yield can occur without the presence of visible symptoms. This type of injury is often related to low-level, long-term chronic exposure to air pollution. Studies have shown that field plantings exposed to filtered and unfiltered ambient air have produced different yields when no visible symptoms were present (5). Reduction in total biomass can lead to economic loss for forage crops or hay. 

This is a cross between wheat and rye. Triticale combines the yield and quality of wheat with the winter hardiness of rye and is also disease resistant. It can be used as a replacement for concentrates in a livestock ration because it is high in crude protein and essential amino acids. Its place in the rotation is similar to rye, so that it can be used as a forage crop or a green manure. 

Bingham F.T., Page A.L., Mahler R. J., Ganji T.J. Yield and cadmium accumulation of forage species in relation to cadmium content of sludge-amended soil. J Environ Qual 1976 5 57-60. 

Chand K, Dixit ML, Arora SK. 1992. Yield and quality of forage sorghum as affected by phosphorus fertilization. J Indian Soc Soil Sci 40(2) 302-306. 

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