A produção animal em regiões tropicais tem sido feita basicamente por pastagens devido ao baixo custo de alimentação proporcionado pela alta resposta das forrageiras tropicais ao clima. Quando não há limitação de água, radiação solar e temperatura, a produtividade dessas culturas é grande e fica limitada apenas pelo sistema de manejo. Quando o manejo é feito na maneira correta produtividades vegetal e animal são altas e limitadas apenas pelos fatores climáticos. Dentre eles o único em que é possível uma modificação significativa é o déficit hídrico, que pode ser eliminado por meio da irrigação. A estimativa de demanda de irrigação pode ser feita com o auxílio de dados climáticos, com os quais se calcula o consumo de água das plantas, denominado evapotranspiração da cultura. Com essa e outras variáveis meteorológicas é possível a realização do balanço hídrico da cultura. Este trabalho tem por objetivo estimar e comparar os valores da deficiência hídrica para forrageiras tropicais obtidos por meio do balanço hídrico com diversas probabilidades de ocorrência. Para isso foram coletados dados meteorológicos de 156 estações que foram espacializados por meio do software QGis, e com isso foram identificadas áreas que não atendem os critérios para o pleno desenvolvimento de forrageiras tropicais, recomendadas por COOPER E TAINTON (1968), PEDREIRA et al. (2015), GOMES (1994) e RODRIGUES e RODRIGUES (1988). Houve localidades em que não há deficiência, por excesso ou por disponibilidade ideal (região Sul, litoral do Nordeste, região Norte).As localidades em que o déficit hídrico é tolerável, mas que apresentam boa resposta à irrigação situam-se na faixa que se estende difusamente pelo leste do País, entre os estados da região Nordeste até o norte do Paraná e as localidades prioritárias à irrigação situam-se numa faixa que vai do Nordeste brasileiro até a divisa leste do MT e MS.Utilizando o conceito de Zonas Agroclimáticas Homogêneas foram escolhidos 27 locais, com o objetivo de calcular o balanço hídrico de cultura, a partir do qual se obteve o déficit hídrico. Com o método de Kimball foram encontrados os valores de ocorrência de déficit hídrico para as probabilidades de ocorrência (p) de 50%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90% e 95%. A partir desse estudo foi possível concluir que a deficiência hídrica de pastagens tropicais variou de 9 mm.decêndio-1 (Rio Branco - AC) a 64,4mm.decêndio-1 (Conceição do Araguaia- PA) e o balanço hídrico de cultura feito com probabilidades de 75% a 95% apresentou resultados de deficiência hídrica muito superiores aos do balanço hídrico de cultura convencional (p=50%). / The livestock farming in tropical regions has been made primarily of pasture due to the low cost of feeding provided by the high response of tropical forages to climate. When there is no water limitation, solar radiation and temperature, the productivity of these crops is large and is limited only by the management system, if the management is done in the correct plant productivity and animals are so high and limited only by climatic factors, among them unique in that it is possible modification is a significant water stress, which can be removed by irrigation; The estimated demand for irrigation can be made with the assistance of weather data, with which to calculate the water consumption of plants, known as evapotranspiration, with this and other meteorological variables it is possible to hold the water balance of the culture; This study aims to estimate and compare the water deficiency values for tropical forages obtained by the water balance with different probabilities, for that were collected meteorological data from 156 stations that were spatialized through the QGIS software, and it identified areas that do not meet the criteria for the full development of tropical forages recommended by COOPER AND TAINTON (1968), PEDREIRA et al. (2015), GOMES (1994) and RODRIGUES and RODRIGUES (1988). And so it was concluded that there were places where there is no water deficiency, because there is excessive rainfall or optimal availability (South, Northeast coast, Northern regions), the locations where the water deficit is tolerable, but having good response to irrigation are in the range extending diffusely to the east side of the Country, between the states of the Northeast region to the north of Paraná and the priority locations to irrigation are in a range that goes from Northeast Brazil to the east boundary of MT and MS. The concept of homogeneous agro-climatic zones was used to choose a number of 27 counties, in order to calculate the crop water balance. With the Kimball methodology, it was found the water deficit occurrence for the values for the probabilities (p) of 50%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90% and 95%. It was concluded that the crop water deficit for tropical pastures varied from 9 mm.decendial-1 (Rio Branco - AC) to 64.4 mm. decendial-1 (Conceição do Araguaia - PA) and the crop water balance made with probabilities rangingfrom75% to 95% had water stress results higher them the conventional crop water balance (p = 50%).

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T19:39:30Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2008- Elias Melo de Miranda.pdf: 858590 bytes, checksum: fe12f644fd0dbcad694f77bd0dea494b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-02-21 / This study was conducted at Embrapa Agrobiologia experimental area, in Serop?dica municipality, Rio de Janeiro State, with the objective of evaluating the association of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) with the foraging peanut (Arachis pintoi) in four situations of cultivation. The first study examined the association of peanuts with autochthonous AMF, from soil samples collected in Rio Branco municipality state of Acre, in areas of this legume as a single crop, and intercropped with pasture and coffee, as well as in secondary and primary forest. The AMF species were identified, determined the spore density and the root colonization rates, and then calculated the indexes of diversity. The other experiments were performed under greenhouse conditions, assessing the peanut seedlings response to inoculation with AMF species. The second study aimed to select the AMF effective in promoting growth of seedlings originating from seeds, and rooting of stolons in polystyrene trays, in substrate of low fertility, without additional fertilizer. In the third, it was investigated the response of seedlings propagated by rooting of stolons in condition of increasing doses of phosphorus. In the fourth study, the goal was to select AMF species that could improve the peanut forage performance cultivated in consortium with Brachiaria decumbens. The AMF species used were: Glomus etunicatum, Glomus clarum, Gigaspora margarita, Scutellospora heterogama, Acaulospora morrowiae and Entrophospora colombiana. It was assessed, among other variables, the dry matter production of shoots and roots. The analysis of the autochthonous community of AMF in agrosystems with A. Pintoi, notably in the monocrop system, indicated that this legume was a good host of AMF species, being useful to increase the density of spores and diversity of these organisms in the agrosystems. The analysis of the AMF community in the pastures intercropped with A. pintoi showed that this legume helped to increase the density of spores and diversity of species of AMF in the agrosystems. AMF species of greatest efficiency in promoting growth and nutrition of seedlings of A. Pintoi originated from seeds were E. colombiana, G. margarita, G. clarum, and A. morrowiae. However, for the seedlings originated of the rooting of stolons in polystyrene trays and without additional fertilization, it was not possible to detect a benefit of the mycorrhization. Though, these seedlings responded to the phosphate fertilization, and the response was most pronounced when inoculated with efficient AMF. In the intercropped cultivation, the treatments of inoculation were beneficial for both plant components of the system, and the A. Pintoi plants colonized by G. Clarum were most efficient to compete with the brachiaria grass. / Este trabalho foi realizado na ?rea experiemntal da Embrapa Agrobiologia em Serop?dica - RJ, com o objetivo de avaliar a associa??o de fungos micorr?zicos arbusculares (FMAs) com o amendoim forrageiro (Arachis pintoi) em quatro situa??es de cultivo. O primeiro estudo avaliou a associa??o do A. pintoi com FMAs aut?ctones, a partir de amostras de solo coletado em Rio Branco, AC, em ?reas de monocultivo e de cons?rcio desta leguminosa com gram?neas e cafeeiro, assim como em ?reas de capoeira e mata. As esp?cies de FMAs foram identificadas, determinada a densidade de esporos e as taxas de coloniza??o radicular e, ent?o, calculados ?ndices de diversidade. Os demais ensaios foram realizados em condi??es de casade- vegeta??o, avaliando-se a resposta das mudas de amendoim ? inocula??o com esp?cies de FMAs. O segundo estudo teve o objetivo de selecionar os FMAs mais eficientes em promover o crescimento de mudas originadas de sementes e do enraizamento de estol?es em bandejas de isopor, em substrato de baixa fertilidade natural, sem aduba??o suplementar. No terceiro, foi investigada a resposta de mudas propagadas por enraizamento de estol?es a doses crescentes de f?sforo. No quarto estudo, o objetivo foi selecionar esp?cies de FMAs que melhorassem o desempenho do amendoim forrageiro na condi??o de cons?rcio com Brachiaria decumbens. As esp?cies de FMAs estudadas foram: Glomus etunicatum, Glomus clarum, Gigaspora margarita, Scutellospora heterogama, Acaulospora morrowiae e Entrophospora colombiana, sendo avaliada, entre outras vari?veis, a produ??o de mat?ria seca da parte a?rea e de ra?zes. A an?lise da comunidade de FMAs aut?ctones nos agrossistemas com A. pintoi, notadamente em seu monocultivo, mostrou que esta leguminosa foi uma boa hospedeira de esp?cies de FMAs, contribuindo para aumentar a densidade de esporos e a diversidade destes organismos nos agrossistemas. As esp?cies de FMA de maior efici?ncia em promover o crescimento e nutri??o de mudas de A. pintoi originadas de sementes foram E. colombiana, G. margarita, G. clarum e A. morrowiae. Por?m, nas mudas originadas do enraizamento de estol?es, nas bandejas de isopor e sem fertiliza??o suplementar, n?o foi poss?vel detectar benef?cio da micorriza??o. Entretanto, estas mudas responderam ? fertiliza??o fosfatada, sendo esta resposta mais acentuada quando foram micorrizadas com FMAs eficientes. No cultivo consorciado, os tratamentos de inocula??o foram ben?ficos para ambas as plantas do sistema e as plantas de A. pintoi colonizadas por G. clarum foram mais eficientes em competir com a braqui?ria.

Abstract Although the present day management of semi-domesticated reindeer (Rangifer t. tarandus L.) and its operational environment have changed from the past, knowledge of the ecological mechanisms typical of traditional herding is still important. The main objective of this study was to examine factors related to stock productivity and carrying capacity of pastures in the Finnish semi-domesticated reindeer management area during 1960-1990's in order to clarify the basis of the present management strategies in Finland. In the Oraniemi district, before 1987, calf production was more affected by the snow conditions of the previous winter, than the weather conditions of the previous summer. Slaughtering mass of calves was more affected by the weather and precipitation in spring and summer than the snow conditions of the previous winter. Thick snow cover and unfrozen soil in early winter also probably affect the quality of natural winter food of reindeer by favouring the growth of certain micro fungi on pastures. Before the mid-1990's in the northern part of the management area, calf production decreased and its variability increased between the districts when reindeer densities on forest and heath land increased, amount of lichen (Cladonia spp.) pastures per reindeer decreased and condition of these pastures deteriorated. Variability in calf production increased especially when the amount of arboreal lichen (Alectoria, Bryoria spp.) pastures per reindeer decreased. The slaughtering mass of reindeer decreased when reindeer densities on all pastures increased. Intensive calf slaughtering increased reindeer stock productivity although it was density dependent. Because of intensified feeding, reindeer densities on winter pastures did not affect stock productivity in the whole management area between 1993 and 1999. Stock productivity could be increased markedly by feeding. Still, slaughtering mass and meat production per reindeer decreased when reindeer densities on summer pastures increased. In the Finnish grazing system, reindeer densities should have remained well below 10 reindeer/km2 lichen range for maintaining lichen ranges in a good condition. The average lichen biomass of lichen ranges in the management area in the mid-1990's was 13% of the lichen biomass at the maximum production. Lichen ranges should have been ungrazed for an average 18 years to recover to the maximum production. The time needed for the lichen ranges to recover to a good condition, would have been 7 years. This study showed that the amount and condition of pastures had a fundamental part in the productivity of Finnish reindeer stock. Calf slaughtering and feeding were effective ways to increase and stabilize stock productivity in the situation where the economic carrying capacity of winter ranges has obvuously been exceeded due to overgrazing and the effects caused by the other land use. This has made reindeer management more and more dependent on feeding. Improvements of the state and condition of winter ranges would only be possible during a long period by regulating reindeer stock size, developing pasture rotation and protecting reindeer pastures from the other land use.

The disposal of gypsiferous water, generated in coal mining operations, has become a problem in the Mpumalanga Highveld region in South Africa. As part of an investigation into the feasibility of using this water for irrigation, sand and water culture experiments were conducted in a glasshouse and growth chambers to determine growth responses of maize, sorghum, pearl millet, sunflower, soybean, cowpea, dry bean, wheat, rye, triticale, oats, barley, annual ryegrass, and lucerne cultivars to gypsiferous mine water in the germination, seedling and vegetative growth stages. Germination %’s were generally not affected. The seedling growth of maize, sorghum, pearl millet and lucerne was more sensitive and showed more significant cultivar differences than the seedling growth of soybean and the annual temperate crops. Seedling growth curves with increasing concentrations of Ca, Mg and SO4 followed a similar pattern for most of the crops: where CaSO4 was in solution, growth decreased in a linear manner, but above saturation concentrations with increasing gypsum crystal content, it increased despite decreasing osmotic potentials of the treatment solutions. The vegetative growth of sunflower, lucerne, dry bean and rye was more tolerant than seedling growth, but was more sensitive for maize and cowpea, and the same as seedling growth for sorghum, pearl millet, wheat, oats, triticale and annual ryegrass. It was concluded that the major property of this water that suppressed growth was the decreased osmotic potential. However, it is the ‘effective’ osmotic potential (i.e., the average osmotic potential during the whole growth period) and not that of the treatment solutions, that was mainly responsible for the eventual growth. The ‘effective osmotic potential’ is determined by evapotranspiration and the rapidity of gypsum precipitation, which in turn may be affected by the growth rate, temporal, environmental and soil factors. Sensitivity of crops and growth stages is therefore related to its sensitivity to the external osmotic potential, whereas tolerance both in the seedling and vegetative growth stages was found in crops primarily affected by the ionic effects of Na and/or Cl. Possible nutrient effects due to the high Ca and SO4 need further investigation. / Thesis (PhD (Plant Production and Soil Science))--University of Pretoria, 2004. / Plant Production and Soil Science / unrestricted

The South African sheep industry has experienced an increase in the price of meat and wool over the past several years. This has led to an interest in intensification of sheep production off planted pastures. Due to this phenomenon an economic viability study was done on the intensification of sheep production on cultivated pastures under irrigation. When intensifying sheep production, certain management practices need to be incorporated in order to enhance the output obtained per hectare and to overcome the higher input cost of production. Management practices that could be included are creep feeding, accelerated breeding and feedlotting of lambs after weaning. In order to determine the economic viability of such a system, certain production parameters need to be obtained for producing sheep intensively from cultivated pastures. Three studies were conducted to obtain the required production parameters; these were then followed by an economic evaluation incorporating the parameters obtained from the studies. All the studies were conducted at Kromme Rhee and Langgewens, two research farms of the Department of Agriculture in the Western Cape.

Thesis (MSc. (Pasture Science)) -- University of Limpopo, 2016 / South Africa is regarded as a semi-arid area; only 28% of the country receives more than 600 mm rainfall recorded annually. Sustainable utilization of cool season fodder grasses in summer rainfall areas to produce winter animal feed remains a major problem. Farmers are affected by a shortage of adequate, good quality herbage for livestock during winter and dry periods on commercial farms. The study aimed to evaluate and compare the production potential of six Festulolium hybrids, three Dactylis species, and five Lolium hybrids and three grass-legume mixtures in the summer rainfall area. A total of 17 cultivars were evaluated for their DM production under the treatment of different fertilizer levels on three planting dates (16 March 2011, 21 April 2011 and 4 April 2012). The study was carried out at Hygrotech Seed Company (Experimental site), Dewagensdrift in Moloto Village outside Pretoria in the Gauteng Province. Data was collected on a monthly basis from sub-plots of 1 m x 1 m (m2) in 51 plots of 1.5 m x 6 m (9 m2), with nine rows that were 10 cm apart arranged under RCBD with three replicates per cultivar. Harvested fresh samples were taken, weighed, dried at 60ºC until they reached a constant dry weight and weighed to determine DM content. A Fischer’s protected LSD at the 5 % level was performed to compare the treatment means. Over a period of three years of study, it shows that the low fertilizer level resulted in the lowest DM production, with no significant difference occurring between medium and high fertilizer levels. To achieve optimum DM production with minimum cost medium fertilizer is recommended. The cultivars responded differently to the three different planting dates. The time of planting had an effect on DM production in winter. It is recommended that Festulolium hybrids and Lolium hybrids be planted earlier (March) for better DM production in winter. / National Research Foundation (NRF)

This thesis presents the results of an examination conducted to determine the status of mourning doves in Throckmorton County, Texas.

Orientador: Salatiér Buzetti / Banca: Marcelo Andreotti / Banca: Ciniro Costa / Resumo: O nitrogênio é o nutriente que mais tem incrementado a produtividade e a qualidade das forrageiras. O trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar o efeito de doses e fontes de nitrogênio nas características produtivas e qualitativas da Brachiaria brizantha cv. Marandu. O delineamento experimental utilizado foi o blocos ao acaso em esquema fatorial 5x3x3, 5 doses, 3 fontes de nitrogênio e 3 cortes, com 4 repetições. As doses de N foram: 0, 50, 100, 150, 200 kg ha-1 após cada corte), com as fontes: Entec, Sulfato de Amônio e Uréia, além de 3 cortes realizados em novembro/2006, dezembro/2006 e janeiro/2007. As coletas foram realizadas com intervalos entre corte de 30, 30 e 34 dias onde se determinou a produtividade de massa seca, teor de proteína bruta, fibra em detergente neutro e fibra em detergente ácido. Houve interação para a produtividade de massa seca (kg ha-1) quando se testaram doses de nitrogênio e época de corte. Para os teores de proteína bruta houve interação entre cortes e fontes nitrogenadas, assim como para cortes e doses de nitrogênio. Para fibra em detergente neutro houve efeito significativo para corte e para doses de nitrogênio. Houve interação significativa das doses de nitrogênio e corte para fibra em detergente ácido. Independente da fonte nitrogenada a aplicação de doses crescentes de até 200 kg de N ha-1 por aplicação na forrageira Brachiaria brizantha cv. Marandu proporcionou incremento na produção de massa seca melhorando a composição bromatológica por aumentar os teores de PB e NDT e, diminuição dos teores de FDN e FDA. / Abstract: Nitrogen is the nutrient that has more contributed to increase the productivity and quality of the pastures. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of doses and sources of nitrogen in the productivity characteristics of Brachiaria brizantha cv. Marandu. A randomized block design in a factorial scheme 5x3x3, with 4 repetitions was used. The treatments were constituted by 5 doses of nitrogen: 0, 50, 100, 150, 200 kg ha-1 after each cut, 3 sources: Entec, Ammonium sulfate and Urea, besides 3 cuts, accomplished with intervals of 30, 30 and 34 days to evaluate the production of dry mass, crude protein content, neutral detergent fiber and acid detergent fiber. There was interaction of nitrogen doses and cut time to dry mass (kg ha-1). For crude protein content there was interaction between cuts and sources as well as for cut and doses of nitrogen. To neutral detergent fiber there was effect for cut and nitrogen doses and for acid detergent fiber interaction to nitrogen doses and cut. Independently of the source the application up to 200 kg of N ha-1 in each application in the forrageira Brachiaria brizantha cv. Marandu provided increment in the production of dry mass improving the quality composition for increasing the PB and NDT content and, decreasing the FDN and FDA content. / Mestre

The diploma thesis evaluates the current status of former common pastures of a study area in southwestern Bohemia. The thesis aims to demonstrate the high biological value of former common pastures and determine predictors of their preservation. For this purpose, a vector layer of former common pastures containing 668 segments was created. This layer was compared with other map layers (aerial images, consolidated layer of ecosystems, Natura 2000 mapping, species database) and various field observations. A database describing a current status of former common pastures was created and 49 preserved pastures were selected, according to predetermined criteria. Comparison of data from the common pastures and the sorrounding landscape confirmed higher biological value of the pastures. They have significantly higher habitat diversity, described by frequency and composition of Natura 2000 habitats. Several ecological and descriptive parameters were tested to find predictors of pastures preservation. The results showed that signifiant predictors of the pastures preservation are ecological parameters (i.e. number of Natura 2000 habitats, number of protected species recorded in database) and also descriptive factors (i.e. size of the pastures, shape, distance from municipality). Key words: common pastures,...

Recent trends to develop farmland into improved irrigated pastures raise questions regarding the profitability of creep supplementing terminal-sired calves on these production systems. This study was initiated to answer these questions. Two previously established adjacent sprinkler-irrigated plots were separated into 2 paddocks. One plot (3.4 ha) consisted of a monoculture of Seine tall fescue while the other plot (3.9 ha) consisted of a mixture of Seine tall fescue, AC Grazeland Alfalfa, and Norcen birdsfoot trefoil. The mixture of the second plot consisted of 50% tall fescue, 37.5% alfalfa, and 12.5% birdsfoot trefoil. Plots were designated as monoculture no-creep supplement (MONOC) (1.7 ha), monoculture with creep supplement (MONOS) (1.7 ha), mixed forage no-creep supplement (MIXC) (1.95 ha), and mixed forage with creep supplement (MIXS) (1.95 ha). Twenty-four spring calving cow-calf pairs were stratified into 4 groups based on calf body weight, sex, breed, dam body weight, dam BCS, and breed. Management-intensive grazing practices were implemented with cattle receiving a new allotment of forage at 0800 daily. Cattle grazed in a west-to-east direction across the pasture completing a grazing circuit every 24 to 30 d. Pasture forage production was estimated using a 0.163 m2 clip-plot. Forage production each period was highest for cattle grazing MIXS (4492 kg DM/ha) followed by MIXC (4116 kg DM/ha) (P=.58). Production from the MIX plot differed from MONO plot (P<.0001). Similar to MIX pasture production MONOC (3154 kg/ha) and MONS (3058 kg/ha) did not vary (P=.4324). Carrying capacity differed among all treatments. The highest carrying capacity was observed in the MIXS group with 3.37 pair/ha. The next highest carrying capacity was in the MIXC group at 3.05 pair/ha, which differed from MIXS (P=.0404). There was a difference between MIXC and MONOS (2.38 pair/ha) (P=.0051). The lowest carrying capacity was observed in the MONOC group (2.07 pair/ha), differing from MONOS (P=.0450). Calf end weight was highest for the MIXS group (343 kg) and differed from MONOC group (298 kg) (P=.0272); no other groups differed. Profitability did not follow pasture productivity completely. Due to high supplemental feed costs MIXC was the most profitable management strategy ($72.03 cow/yr) and was $137.50 cow/yr more profitable than the least profitable strategy, MONOS. Results from this study show that grass-legume mixtures are much more productive than grass monocultures under irrigation and management-intensive grazing of cow-calf pairs. In addition, on these forage resources the practice of supplying creep supplementation to high-growth, terminal calves is not economically profitable.