Características estruturais e acúmulo de forragem do capim-braquiária em sistema silvipastoril e monocultivo

• Autor(a) principal: Lima, Marina Aparecida
• Data de Publicação: 2014
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: LOCUS Repositório Institucional da UFV
• Texto Completo: http://locus.ufv.br/handle/123456789/5817
• topic: Plantas forrageiras; Capim-Braquiária; Brachiaria decumbens; Pastagens - manejo; Agrossilvicultura; Plantas - Efeito da luz; Plantas - Efeito da sombra; Forage plants; Signal grass; Brachiaria decumbens; Grassland - Management; Agroforestry; Plants - Effect of light; Plants - Effect of shade; CNPQ::CIENCIAS AGRARIAS::ZOOTECNIA::PASTAGEM E FORRAGICULTURA

Studies on the grazing of forage in full sun enabled management to set goals for input and output of animals in rotational stocking, but there is no information available in the literature for interruption of regrowth in silvopastoral systems. In the face of no related to the management of grazing forage in silvopastoral systems studies, we proposed this experiment in order to determine goals of pre-grazing based on the interception of photosynthetically active radiation in Brachiaria decumbens in a silvopastoral system and monoculture for define strategies for grazing management in rotational stocking method. The experiment was conducted at the Federal University of Viçosa in an area belonging to the Department of Animal Science, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, during the period October 2013 to March 2014. The treatments consisted of four combinations of grazing frequencies based on the interception of photosynthetically active radiation (85, 90, 95 and 100%) and two production systems (monoculture and silvopastoral) in a factorial arrangement 4x2. Experimental design used was randomized complete block design with two blocks and two replicates per block. The variables height, number of cycles and range grazing, light interception by the canopy, leaf area index, mass removal and accumulation of forage and morphological components in the pre and post- grazing tiller density were evaluated provided pre-grazing. The pre-grazing heights were higher in all the targets studied in a silvopastoral system. Treatments of 90% IL showed greater number of grazing cycles and lower range of grazing compared to 95% of IL and 100% in monoculture and silvopastoral system treatments. The greater accumulation of total dry matter (16.698,8 kg ha-1 DM) was observed in 95% target of IL monoculture, as observed for the accumulation of leaf blades. Silvopastoral system in the greater accumulation of total dry matter was observed in 95% target IL (12.482,6 kg ha-1 DM). The monoculture showed higher accumulation of leaf blades in relation to silvopastoral system. The accumulation of leaf blades was lower in the 100% IL in both systems due to the increased participation of stems of forage mass treatments. In treating 100% greater increase in IL senescent forage on targets of 90% and 95% IL occurred. The monoculture showed more senescent forage that the silvopastoral system. The goals of 90 and 95% IL enabled greater tiller density than the target of 100% of IL. However, the management goals did not influence tiller density in a silvopastoral system. Monoculture provided higher tiller density than the silvopastoral system. Due to the high accumulation of total dry matter, leaf blades and greater efficiency attributed to greater removal of grazing forage pastures of Brachiaria grass should be grazed at 95% of IL in a silvopastoral system (height 40 cm) and monoculture (height 20 cm) in pre-grazing on the method of blending intermittently during the growth of the grass.