Productive and nutritional traits of pasture in an agrosilvopastoral system, according to the distance from trees

• Autor(a) principal: Paciullo, Domingos Sávio Campos
• Data de Publicação: 2012
• Outros Autores: Gomide, Carlos Augusto de Miranda, de Castro, Carlos Renato Tavares, Fernandes, Priscila Beligoli, Müller, Marcelo Dias, Pires, Maria de Fátima Ávila, Fernandes, Elizabeth Nogueira, Xavier, Deise Ferreira
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://seer.sct.embrapa.br/index.php/pab/article/view/8499
• topic: Brachiaria decumbens; Urochloa decumbens; neutral detergent fiber; forage mass; tillering; crude protein; shading; Brachiaria decumbens; Urochloa decumbens; fibra em detergente neutro; massa de forragem; perfilhamento; proteína bruta; sombreamento

The objectives of this work were to evaluate the effects of trees arranged in rows on yield and nutritional characteristics of Urochloa decumbens and to identify the average distance in which there is a better use of moderate shading in an agrisilvipasture system. The treatments consisted of distances from measure points to tree rows (0, 3, 6, 9, 12 and 15 m) and were distributed in randomized blocks, with four replicates. The tiller density, forage mass, forage accumulation rate and chemical composition of pasture were evaluated. The tiller density, forage mass and rates of forage accumulation increased with the distance from tree rows, reaching the highest values of 392 tillers m-2, 1,347 kg ha-1 and 30.1 kg ha-1 per day, respectively, at 9.1, 10.4 and 8.8 m of distance. The contents of the neutral detergent fiber did not vary with distance, while the acid detergent fiber and lignin content varied, but without a clear pattern of response. The crude protein contents reduced quadratically with distance from tree rows and had the highest values under trees (9.8%) and the lowest at 13.5 m of distance (6.5%). The site of pasture, between 7 and 10 m of distance from the tree rows showed the highest benefits of moderate shading on pasture traits.