Modeling growth of star grass (Cynodon plectostachyus) in the subtropical regions of central Mexico

Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 273-300

  Yong Angel G ^a   Pires Silveira, V C ^b   Aviles Nova F ^c   Castelan Ortega O A ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CHIAPAS   (Mexico)

^b Centro de Estudios Rurales   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MORELOS   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Mathematical model; Mexico; Star grass

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868093424     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18700462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (49)

1. Alocilja, E.C., & Ritchie, J.T. 1988 Upland rice simulation and its use in multicriteria optimization. Michigan: IBSNAT.
2. Caro-Costas, R., F. Abruna, and J. Figerella. 1976. Effect of three levels of fertilization on the productivity of stargrass pastures growing on a steep ultisol in the humid mountain region of Puerto Rico. Exp. Stn., Univ. of Florida, Gainesville. J. Agric. Univ. PR 60:172-178.
3. Chaneton, E.J., Lemcoff, J.H. and Lavado, R.S., 1996 Nitrogen and phosphorus cycling in grazed and ungrazed plots in a temperate subhumid grassland in Argentina. Journal of Applied Ecology 33, 291-302.
4. Clayton, W.D. and Harlan, J.R., 1970 The genus Cynodon L.C. Rich in tropical Africa. Kew Bulletin, 24, 185-189.
5. Crawley, M.J., 1997 Life history and Environment. In: Crawley, M.J. (Ed.) Plant Ecology, pp. 73-131. Oxford: Blacwell Science
6. Detling J.K., Parton W.J., & Hunt H.W., 1979. A simulation model of Boutelona gracilis biomass dynamics on the North American shortgrass prairie. Oecologia, 38, 167-191.
7. FAO. 2010. Cynodon plectostachyus (K. Schum.) Pilger. http://www.fao.org/ag/AGP /AGPC/doc/Gbase/DATA/PF000210.HTM accesado el 10 de diciembre 2010.
8. Fitter, A., 1997. Nutrient Acquisition. In: M.J. Crawley (Ed.), Plant Ecology. Oxford: Blacwell Science. pp. 51-72
9. Floate, M.J.S., 1970 Decomposition of organic materials from hill soils and pastures: II. The effect of temperature on the mineralization of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus from plant materials and sheep faeces. Soil Biology Biochemical 2, 187-196.
10. García E., 1973. Modificaciones al sistema de clasificación climática de Ko ppen. 2.ed., Instituto de Geografía Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
11. GREDPAC (Grupo regional de desarrollo de pastos y forrajes de Centroamerica, Mexico y el Caribe) 1990. Memoria. Cuarta reunión de consulta, Consulta, Ciego de Avila, Cuba. Octubre 1990. La Habana, Cuba, 172p.
12. Hanson J.D., Skiles J.W. and Parton W.J., 1988 A multi-species model for rangeland plant communities. Ecological Modelling 44, 89-123.
13. Hanson J.D., 1991Analytical solution of the rectangular hyperbola for estimating daily net photosynthesis. Ecological Modelling 58, 209-216.
14. Hodgson, J., 1994. Manejo de pastos. Teoría y Práctica. Diana. México.
15. Herrero, M., Fawcett, R.H., Silveira V., Busqué J., Bernué s A., Dent, J.B., 2000. Modelling the growth and utilisation of kikuyu grass (Pennisetum clandestinum) under grazing. 1. Model definition and parameterisation Agricultural Systems 65, 73-97.
16. Hopkins, W.G., 1995 Introduction to plant physiology. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
17. Hunt, R., Neal, A.M., Laffarga, J., Montserrat-Marti, G., Stockey, A., & Whitehouse, J. (1993) Mean relative growth rate. In G.A.F. Hendry & J.P. Grime (Eds.), Methods in comparative plant ecology. London: Chapman &Hall. pp. 98-102
18. Johnson I.R., and Thornley J.H.M., 1985. Dynamic model of the response of a vegetative grass crop to light, temperature and nitrogen. Plant, Cell and Environment, 8(7), 485-499.
19. Johnson, I.R. 1985. A meodel of the partitioning of growth between the shoots and roots of vegetative plants. Annals of Botany 55, 421-431.
20. Johnson, I.R. and Thornley, J.H.M.,1983. Vegetative crop growth model incorporating leaf area expansion and senescence, and applied to grass. Plant, Cell and Environment 6, 721-729.
21. Johnson, I.R. and Thornley, J.H.M., 1984. A model of instantaneous and daily canopy photosynthesis. Journal of theorical Biology,7, 531-545.
22. Johnson, I.R. and Thornley, J.H.M., 1987. A model of shoot:root partitioning with optimal growth. Annals of Botany 60, 133-142.
23. Johnson, I.R., Parsons, A.J. and Ludlow, M.M., 1989. Modelling photosynthesis in monocultures and mixtures. Aust. J. Plant Physiol. 16, 501-516.
24. Johnson, I.R., Riha, S.J. and Wilks, D.S., 1995 Modelling daily net canopy photosynthesis and its adaptation to irradiance and atmospheric CO2 concentration. Agricultural Systems 50, 1-35.
25. López-González, F.; Estrada-Flores, J. G.; Avilés-Nova, F.; Yong-Ángel, G.; Hernández - Morales, P.; Martínez-Loperena, R.; Pedraza-Beltrán, P. E.; Castelán-Ortega, O. A., 2010. Agronomic evaluation and chemical composition of african star grass (Cynodon plectostachyus) in the southern región of the state of mexico. Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems, Vol. 12, 151-159
26. Ludlow, M.M., 1985. Photosynthesis and dry matter production in C3 and C4 pasture plants, with special emphasis on tropical C3 legumes and C4 grasses. Australian journal of plant physiology, 12, 557-572.
27. Manson, W.G. and Burton, G., 1982. Harvest frequency and fertilizer effects on yields, quality and persistence of eight bermudagraseee. Agron. J. 74: 371-374.
28. Mislevy, P., F.G. Martin, B.J. Downs, and K.L. Singer., 1989. Response of stargrass to grazing management. Proc. Int. Grassl. Cong., 16th. p. 1017-1018. In R. Desroches (ed.) Proc. Int. Grassl. Congress, 16th, Nice, France. 4-11 Oct. 1989. The French Grassland Society, Versailles Cedex, France.
29. Mislevy, P. and William F. Brown, F.W., 1991. Management and utilization of complementary forages stargrass. Shortcourse . Agricultural Research and Education Center. University of Florida, Ona
30. Monteith J.L. 1981 Does light limit crop production? In: Johnson C.B. (Ed.) Physiological processes limiting plant productivity, Butterworths, pp. 23-28
31. Mooney, H.A. and Ehleringer, J.R., Moore, A.D., Donnelly J.R. and Freer M., 1997. GRAZPLAN:Decision Support System for Australian Grazing Enterprises. III. Pasture Growth and Soil Moisture Submodels, and the GrassGro DSS. Agricultural Systems, 55 (4), 535-582.
32. Murtagh G.J. 1990 Variation in the supracritical nitrogen concentration of kikuyu grass. Communication in Soil Science and Plant Analyses 21, 207-220.
33. Ngijyen, P. M.T.; Araki, T and Kubota, F. J., 2005. Comparison of Growih Feature and Drought Tolerance between two High Productive Species, Kenaf (Hibicus cannabinus,C3-plant) and Napiergrass (Pennisetum purpureum, C4-plant. Fac. Agr., Kyushu Univ., 50 (2), 521-532
34. Ortega, L. and González, B., 1990. Efecto de la fertilización nitrogenada y frecuencia de corte sobre los rendimientos de materia seca y valor nutritivo del pasto estrella (Cynodon nlemfuensis). Revista de Agronomía (LUZ):7: 217-228
35. Parton, W.J., 1984. Predicting soil temperatures in a shortgrass steppe. Soil Science 138 (2), 93-101.
36. Penman, H.L., 1956. Evaporation: an introductory survey, Netherlands J. of Agricultural Science 4, 9-29.
37. Porto, Petrônio Pinheiro, Fermino D., dos Santos G. T., Ferraz Lopes F. C., Cecato, U., Cóser A. C. Produção e composição química do leite, consumo e digestibilidade de forragens tropicais manejadas em sistema de lotação. R. Bras. Zootec. [online]. 2009, vol.38, n.8, pp. 1422-1431.
38. Pozo, P. P. del., Herrera, S. R., Chávez, D., Fernández L., García, M. 2000. Selección de variables morfoagronómicas que caracterizan el comportamiento del crecimiento del pasto estrella en condiciones de pastoreo. Cultivos Tropicales, 21: 37-40.
39. Richards, J.H., 1993. Physiology of pl.ants recovering from defoliation. In M.J. Baker (Ed.), Grasslands for our world Wellington: SIR Publising, pp. 46-54
40. Rimmington G.M., 1984. A model of the effect of interspecies competition for light on dry-matter production. Aust. J. Plant Physiol. 11, 227-286.
41. Rowell, D.L., 1994. Soil Science:Methods and Applications. Essex: Longman.
42. Silveira, V.C.P., 1999. Farmer Integrated Decision Model: integration between beef cattle and rice production in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Ph D Thesis. University of Edinburgh.
43. Stanford, G., Frere, M.H. and Schwaninger, D.H., 1973. Temperature coefficient of soil nitrogen mineralization. Soil Science 115, 321-323.
44. Taiz, L. and Zeiger, E., 1991 Plant physiology, Redwood City, CA: Benjamin/Cummings.
45. Tilman, D., 1997. Mechanisms of plant competition. In: Crawley, M.J. (Ed.) Plant Ecology, Oxford: Blackwell Science. pp. 239-261.
46. Thornley J.H.M. and Verberne E.L.J., 1989. A model of nitrogen flows in grassland. Plant, Cell and Environment 12, 863-886.
47. Thornley J.H.M. and Johnson I.A., 1990. Plant and crop modelling. A mathematical approach to plant and crop physiology. Oxford University Press, 699pp.
48. Verberne E., 1992. Simulation of the nitrogen and water balance in a system of grassland and soil. DLO-Instituut voor Bodemvruchtbaarheid, Nota 258, 56 pp.
49. White, R.E., 1988. Introduction to the principles and practice of soil science. Oxford: Blackwell Science.