Seasonal changes in forage quality of C-3 grasses on sagebrush grasslands

Mayland, H.F. and Shewmaker, G.E. (1996) Seasonal changes in forage quality of C-3 grasses on sagebrush grasslands. pp. 17/17-17/18. In: XVIII Int'l Proc. Grassland Cong. Canada-SK-Saskatoon, 1997/06/08-19.

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Abstract

Annual and perennial grasses growing in the semiarid, west-central
North American continent mature by early to midsummer. Forage
mineral concentrations in these C-3 grasses decrease curvilinearly
as the season advances from day of year (DOY) 75 to 300. Total
digestible dry matter (TDDM) and digestible cell wall (DCW)
decrease linearly with DOY while neutral detergent fiber (NDF)
increases curvilinearly. By midsummer; energy, N, P, and Zn usually
become deficient for ruminant nutrition.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
NWISRL Publication Number:	0950
Subjects:	Irrigated crops > Grass forage > Forage quality Mass Import - autoclassified (may be erroneous)
Depositing User:	Dan Stieneke
Date Deposited:	20 Nov 2010 21:56
Last Modified:	21 Nov 2016 19:46
Item ID:	939
URI:	https://eprints.nwisrl.ars.usda.gov/id/eprint/939