Origins Under the Blowtorch: Frequent Fire Shifts the Balance Between Sunda-Origin and Sahul-Origin Plant Species in a Tropical Savanna. [PDF]
Ecol EvolWe examined the effect of fire frequency on the composition of vegetation of different biogeographic origins, to understand how frequently an ecosystem can be subject to fire but still retain its evolutionary diversity. There was dramatic structural and biogeographic change in less than 20 years from dry tropical woodlands into savannas, creating ...
Bryceson SR, Morgan JW.
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Impact of the Nitrogen on Nutrient Dynamics in Soybean–Grass Intercropping in a Degraded Pasture Area [PDF]
PlantsThe development of an efficient agricultural system depends on the correct choice of crops and the management of nutrient supply and distribution within the system.
Karina Batista +4 more
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Efficiency of Desiccation, Biomass Production, and Nutrient Accumulation in Zuri and Quênia Guinea Grasses in Integrated Crop–Livestock Systems and Second-Crop Maize [PDF]
PlantsModern agriculture faces the challenge of increasing production without expanding cultivated areas, promoting sustainable practices that ensure food security and environmental preservation.
Bruno de Souza Marques +11 more
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The invasiveness of Guinea grass (Megathyrsus maximus) is characterized by habitat and differing herbivore assemblages in its native and invaded range [PDF]
NeoBiota, 2022 A significant challenge of global change is the human-mediated movement of pasture grasses and their subsequent impact on ecosystem processes when they become invasive.
Aaron C. Rhodes +4 more
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Evidence of plant-soil feedback in South Texas grasslands associated with invasive Guinea grass [PDF]
NeoBiota, 2023 Plant-soil feedback (PSF) processes play an integral role in structuring plant communities. In native grasslands, PSF has a largely negative or stabilizing effect on plant growth contributing to species coexistence and succession, but perturbations to a ...
Elizabeth A. Bowman +2 more
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Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2023 Crop–livestock integration systems are efficient technologies for diversifying production and promoting agricultural sustainability. However, less is known about the triple intercropping of crops for silage production.
Laís Guerra Prado +7 more
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Morphological characteristics, nutritive quality, and methane production of tropical grasses in Brazil [PDF]
Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira, 2018 : The objective of this work was to evaluate three tropical forage species for their in vitro methane (CH4) production and organic matter degradability, in order to determine the relationships between forage grass nutritive quality and CH4 production ...
Danilo Montalvão Lima +7 more
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Fermentative profile and nutritive value of corn silage with Tamani guinea grass
Semina: Ciências Agrárias, 2020 The use of silage has been an efficient alternative to feed supply during the shortage of roughage in dry periods, providing quality feed that is widely used in ruminant feeding.
Francielly Paludo +9 more
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Agronomy, 2023 The objective of this research was to determine the potential for hay production of Quenia guinea grass (Megathyrsus maximus cv. BRS Quenia), Congo grass (Urochloa ruziziensis), and Xaraes palisade grass (Urochloa brizantha cv.
Patrick Bezerra Fernandes +9 more
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The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2020 A field experiment was conducted at Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute, Southern Regional Research Station, Dharwad during kharif 2016 and laboratory studies in 2017 to identify the harvesting stages on seed yield and quality in guinea and ...
SUPRITHA C T, VINOD KUMAR
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