Production and nutritive value of pastures in integrated livestock production systems: shading and management effects.

This study aimed to evaluate the production characteristics of pastures in integrated livestock production systems. For that, an experiment was carried out in São Carlos, SP, Brazil, from 2013 to 2015. Forage development, production and nutritive value were evaluated in five beef cattle production systems: extensive continuous stocking (Urochloa decumbens) = EXT; intensive = INT; crop-livestock = iCL; livestock-forest = iLF and crop-livestock-forest = iCLF. Rotational stocking pastures in INT, iCL, iLF and iCLF systems were established with Urochloa brizantha cv. BRS Piatã. In iCL and iCLF, pastures were renovated by resowing the grass simultaneously with corn. In iLF and iCLF, eucalyptus (Eucalyptus urograndis clone GG100) was planted in Apr 2011 in single rows with 15 × 2 m spacing. In the 2013/2014 crop season, INT, iCL, and iCLF pastures were more productive than in iLF and EXT. Shading increase in the 2014/2015 season reduced pasture production in iLF and iCLF, compared with INT and iCL, but increased crude protein content and digestibility. In the shaded systems, pasture production was affected by proximity to trees, mainly due to reductions in solar radiation transmission. The principal component analyses showed that forage accumulation and leaf area index were associated with the position in the middle of the inter-row, and nutritive value was associated with the position at 1.5 m from the trees. In iCLF, solar radiation transmission greater than 60 % maintained forage accumulation similar to iCL, while in iLF, it reduced forage accumulation, evidencing that pasture renovation minimized shading effects in these systems.

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Main Authors:	PEZZOPANE, J. R. M., BERNARDI, A. C. de C., AZENHA, M. V., OLIVEIRA, P. P. A., BOSI, C., PEDROSO, A. de F., ESTEVES, S. N.
Other Authors:	JOSE RICARDO MACEDO PEZZOPANE, CPPSE; ALBERTO CARLOS DE CAMPOS BERNARDI, CPPSE; Mariana Vieira Azenha, CNPQ; PATRICIA PERONDI ANCHAO OLIVEIRA, CPPSE; Cristiam Bosi, USP-ESALQ; ANDRE DE FARIA PEDROSO, CPPSE; SERGIO NOVITA ESTEVES, CPPSE.
Format:	Artigo de periódico biblioteca
Language:	Ingles English
Published:	2020-11-18
Subjects:	Eucalyptus urograndis, Competition, Sustainability, Urochloa brizantha, Solar radiation,
Online Access:	http://www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br/alice/handle/doc/1126767 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1678-992X-2018-0150
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