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A review of grass species yields and growth rates in Northland, New Zealand
New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research, Volume 68, Issue 6, Page 1440-1463, December 2025.ABSTRACT Pastoral farming is a major land use in New Zealand's Northland region, with 3,171 farm holdings and a total area of 637,500 hectares in 2022. The region's pasture grasses include temperate (C3) and subtropical and tropical (C4) grasses which support dairy, and sheep and beef production from grazing.
Carmen S. P. Teixeira +2 more
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The accumulation of nitrate in Kikuyu grass (Pennisetum clandestinum Hochst) [PDF]
South African Journal of Plant and Soil, 1987 A study was made of some of the factors responsible for the accumulation of excessive amounts of nitrate in certain Kikuyu pastures. Accumulation, mainly in stem tissue, is the nett result of several contributing processes. Climatic conditions causing a decline in the requirements of the plant for assimilated nitrogenous substances, stimulate ...
J. P. Marais +2 more
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New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research, Volume 68, Issue 6, Page 1265-1287, December 2025.ABSTRACT In New Zealand, facial eczema (FE) is a serious health and welfare issue for grazing ruminants caused by ingesting toxic spores of the fungus Pseudopithomyces chartarum. A literature review of research about the effect of pasture plant species, farm management practices and associated environmental factors on FE in New Zealand, was undertaken.
Sonya T. Olykan, Derrick J. Moot
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ALTERING THE GROWTH PATTERN OF KIKUYU PASTURES WITH TEMPERATE GRASSES
Proceedings of the New Zealand Grassland Association, 1986 Temperate grasses were introduced mto kikuyu-based dairy pastures to Improve poor winter and spring growth rates. Methods of suppressing resident pasture growth before sowmy included, forage harvesting, hard grazmg and paraquat spraying (0.44 kg al/ha). Seed was either broadcast sown or direct drilled.
K. Betteridge, D.A. Haynes
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Pasture productivity in New Zealand 1990–2020: trends, expectations, and key factors
New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research, Volume 68, Issue 6, Page 1221-1264, December 2025.ABSTRACT Pasture productivity gains are critical for maintaining global competitiveness of New Zealand’s $38 billion p.a. animal product export industries. This review reveals that gains in pasture eaten on dairy farms declined sharply after ∼ 2001/02, from +1.48% yr−1 to +0.26% yr−1 despite continued increases in nitrogen (N) fertiliser use, stocking ...
David F. Chapman +4 more
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LandTurfgrasses are essential landscape plants with social, environmental, and aesthetic services for urban ecosystems. However, more is needed to know how to establish them so that they can benefit from their ecosystem services in urban environments.
Fatemeh Kazemi +2 more
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Colombia Forestal, 2018 The Aliso Alnus acuminata Kunth is a forest species of the of the Colombian Andes associated with Kikuyu grass as silvopastoral system (SPS) and fixe atmospheric N.
Amanda Silva Parra +2 more
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The impact of irrigation with treated wastewaters on soil and kikuyu grass nutrient compositions
Water Environment Research, 2023 AbstractA lysimeter study was conducted for 1 year to examine how the source of wastewater for irrigation impacted soil physicochemical properties and kikuyu grass (Pennisetum clandestinum) nutrient composition. The wastewater used included treated wastewater produced by a membrane bioreactor (MBR) and intermittently decanted aerated lagoon (IDAL ...
Alireza A. Shahrivar +3 more
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A Machine Learning Method to Estimate Reference Evapotranspiration Using Soil Moisture Sensors
Applied Sciences, 2020 One of the most important applications of remote imaging systems in agriculture, with the greatest impact on global sustainability, is the determination of optimal crop irrigation.
Antonio Fernández-López +5 more
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Grazing Soybean to Increase Voluntary Cow Traffic in a Pasture-based Automatic Milking System [PDF]
Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences, 2014 Pasture-based automatic milking systems (AMS) require cow traffic to enable cows to be milked. The interval between milkings can be manipulated by strategically allocating pasture. The current experiment investigated the effect of replacing an allocation
C. E. F. Clark +6 more
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