Cutting frequency and nitrogen fertilization effects on yield and nitrogen concentration of switchgrass in a short season area

Crop Science

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 552-557

  Madakadze, I C ^a   Stewart, K A ^a   Peterson, P R ^a   Coulman, B E ^b   Smith, D L ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA;

PANICUM VIRGATUM;

EID: 0032938037     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci1999.0011183X003900020041x     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Anderson, B.E., A.G. Matches, and C.J. Nelson. 1989. Carbohydrate reserves and tillering of switchgrass following clipping. Agron. J. 81:13-16.
2. Anderson, B.E., J.K. Ward, K.P. Vogel, M.G. Wood, H.J. Gorz, and F.A. Haskins. 1988. Forage quality and perfomance of yearlings grazing switchgrass strains selected for differing digestibility. J. Anim. Sci. 66:2239-2244.
3. Anten, N.P.R., F. Schieving, E. Medina, M.J.A. Werger, and P. Schuffelen. 1995. Optimal leaf area indices in C3 and C4 mono- and dicotyledonous species at low and high nitrogen availability. Physiol. Plant. 95:541-550.
4. Berg, W.A. 1990. Old World bluestem response to nitrogen fertilization. J. Range Manage. 43:265-270.
5. Berg, W.A. 1995. Response of a mixed native-warm season grass planting to nitrogen fertilization. J. Range Manage. 48:64-67.
6. Belesky, D.P., and J.M. Fedders. 1995. Warm season grass productivity and growth rate as influenced by canopy management. Agron. J. 87:42-48.
7. Brejda, J.J., J.R. Brown, T.E. Lorenz, J. Henry, J.L. Reid, and S.R. Lowry. 1996. Eastern gamagrass responses to different harvest intervals and nitrogen rates in northern Missouri. J. Prod. Agric. 9:130-135.
8. Bredja, J.J., J. R. Brown, G.W. Wyman, and W.K. Schumacher. 1994. Management of switchgrass for forage and seed production. J. Range Manage. 41:22-27.
9. Burns, J.C., L.D. Mochrie, and D.H. Timothy. 1984. Steer perfomance from two perennial Pennisetum species, switchgrass and a fescue-'Coastal' bermudagrass system. Agron. J. 76:795-800.
10. Griffin, J.L., and G.A. Jung. 1983. Leaf and stem forage quality of big bluestem and switchgrass. Agron. J. 75:951-956.
11. Hall, K.E., J.R. George, and R.R. Reid. 1982. Herbage dry matter yield of switchgrass, big bluestem and indiangrass with N fertilization. Agron. J. 74:47-51.
12. Hendrickson, J.R., L.E. Moser, K.J. Moore, and S.S. Waller. 1997. Leaf nutritive value related to tiller development in warm season grasses. J. Range Manage. 50:116-122.
13. Hendrickson, M.S., and D.L. Robinson. 1982. Environmental influences on fiber component concentrations of warm season grasses. Agron. J. 74:573-579.
14. Jung, G.A., J.A. Shafer, W.L. Stout, and M.T. Panciera. 1990. Warm-season grass diversity in yield, plant morphology, and nitrogen concentration and removal in northeastern USA. Agron. J. 82: 21-26.
15. Madakadze, I.C., R. Samson, D.L. Smith, and B.E. Coulman. 1996a. The phenological development and yield of warm season grasses in SW Quebec. Can. J. Plant Sci. 76:354.
16. Madakadze, I.C., D.L. Smith, and B.E. Coulman. 1996b. The efficiency of solar energy recovery by switchgrass in a short season area. p. 101. In Agronomy abstracts. ASA, Madison WI.
17. Pettit, R.D., and D.W. Dearing. 1974. Yield and protein content of sandyland range forages as affected by three nitrogen fertilizers. J. Range Manage. 27:211-213.
18. Reid, R.L., G.A. Jung, J.R. Puoli, J.M. Cox-Ganser, and L.L. Scott. 1993. Nutritive quality and palatability of switchgrass hays for sheep: effects of cultivar, nitrogen fertilization, and time of adaptation. J. Anim. Sci. 70:3877-3888.
19. Sanderson, M.A., R.L. Reed, S.B. McLaughlin, S.D. Wullschleger, B.V. Conger, D.J. Parrish, D.D. Wolf, C. Taliaferro, A.A. Hopkins, W.R. Ocumpaugh, M.A. Hussey, J.C. Read, and C.R. Tischler. 1996. Switchgrass as a sustainable bioenergy crop. Bioresource Technol. 56:83-93.
20. SAS. 1995. SAS System for Windows. Release 6.12. SAS Institute Inc. Cary, NC.
21. Sinclair, T.R., and T. Horie. 1989. Leaf nitrogen, photosynthesis and crop radiation use efficiency: A review. Crop Sci. 29:90-98.
22. Steel, R.G., and J.H. Torrie. 1980. Principles and procedures of statistics: A biometrical approach. 2nd ed. McGraw-Hill, New York.
23. Stout, W.L., G.A. Jung, and J.A. Shafer. 1988. Effect of soil and nitrogen on water use efficiency of tall fescue and switchgrass under humid conditions. Soil. Sci. Soc. Am. J. 52:429-434.
24. Thornton, B., P. Millard, and E.I. Duff. 1994. Effect of nitrogen supply on the source of nitrogen used for regrowth of laminae after defoliation of four grass species. New Phytol. 128:615-620.
25. Volenec, J.J., A. Ourry, and B.C. Joern. 1996. A role for nitrogen reserves in forage regrowth and stress tolerance. Physiol. Plant. 97:185-193.
26. Vona, L.C., G.A. Jung, R.L. Reid, and W.C. Sharp. 1984. Nutritive value of warm season grass hays for beef cattle and sheep; digestibility, intake and mineral utilization. J. Anim. Sci. 59:1582-1593.
27. Woodhouse, W.W., Jr., and W.K. Griffith. 1974. Soil fertility and fertilization of forages, p. 403-415. In M.E. Heath et al. (ed.) Forages. 3rd ed. Iowa State Univ. Press, Ames, IA.