Claim · model-written summary
Digestibility declined as dry matter yield increased.
- Taxon
- ryegrass/clover pasturee1
- Outcome
- digestibilitye0
- Direction
- decreasee0
- Qualifier
- increasing dry matter (DM) yielde0
Not reportedOrgan / stage
Verbatim
e0“increasing dry matter (DM) yield was accompanied by a decrease in digestibility”
e1“The growth of ryegrass/clover pasture”
Title
Factors influencing the yield and feeding value of pasture grown for conservation
J. A. Browse; R. M. Haslemore; R. Thaine New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science 1984. doi:10.1080/03015521.1984.10427782
Other claims from this paper (16)
- Observation Dry matter yield increased during growth within treatments.
- Association Crude protein content declined as dry matter yield increased.
- Intervention effect Treatment 2 did not significantly lower DM production relative to Treatment 1.
- Intervention effect Treatment 2 produced more stem material than Treatment 1.
- Intervention effect Treatment 2 digestibility was 3–12 percentage units lower than Treatment 1.
- Intervention effect Treatment 2 reduced digestible dry matter yield by 15–40% relative to Treatment 1 at equal digestibility.
- Observation At 70% digestibility, Treatment 2 yielded 4.8 t DM/ha per year.
- Observation At 70% digestibility, Treatment 1 yielded 6.3 t DM/ha per year.
- Intervention effect Treatment 3 produced a more vegetative sward than Treatments 1 and 2.
- Intervention effect Treatment 3 lowered DM production relative to Treatments 1 and 2.
- Intervention effect Treatment 3 lowered DDM production relative to Treatments 1 and 2.
- Intervention effect Treatment 3 and Treatment 1 had similar digestibility for most of 1980–81.
- Observation Late flowering Cynosurus in Treatment 3 increased early stem material in 1981–82.
- Observation Digestibility was reduced in the 1981–82 Treatment 3 sward.
- Observation After about 40 days, floral development completion in Treatment 3 prevented further digestibility decline.
- Recommendation Early closing and cutting are recommended for high-quality conserved crops.