SUPPLEMENTARY IRRIGATION EFFECT ON THE PRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL OF THE TIFTON 85, TANZÂNIA AND MARANDU GRASSES IN THE SOUTHWEST OF BAHIA STATE

• Autor(a) principal: Lima Santos, Norivaldo
• Data de Publicação: 2008
• Outros Autores: Ribeiro da Silva, Marcos Welber, Chaves, Modesto Antônio
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Ciência animal brasileira (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/1183
• topic: Produção de forragens

The objective of this research was to evaluate the productive potential of three tropical forages growing in the summer, with and without irrigation. Two single experiments were realized in a completely randomized experimental design with the grasses: tifton 85 (Cynodon spp.); tanzânia (Panicum maximum Jacq. cv. tanzânia) and marandu (Brachiaria brizantha Stapf. cv. marandu) with five replications. Characteristics evaluated were: green mass production, dry mass production, cumulative forage production, total digestible nutrient production, crude protein production. Results were compared by analysis of varianle. The use of supplementary irrigation, even in the dry period of the summer, which is the rain season at Itapetinga-Ba, was not effective in the improvement of  both production and quality of the studied grasses. KEY WORDS: Forage, occasional dry period, pastures, vegetal yield.