Effect of Pasture Mixtures on Forage Yields and Botanical Composition in Jeju at Altitude of 200 m
2016
Chae, H.S., National Institute of Animal Science, Jeonju, Republic of Korea | Kim, N.Y., National Institute of Animal Science, Jeonju, Republic of Korea | Woo, J.H., National Institute of Animal Science, Jeonju, Republic of Korea | Park, S.H., National Institute of Animal Science, Jeonju, Republic of Korea | Son, J.K., National Institute of Animal Science, Jeonju, Republic of Korea | Back, K.S., National Institute of Animal Science, Jeonju, Republic of Korea | Lee, W.S., Jeju National University, Jeju, Republic of Korea | Kim, S.H., Hannong Bio Industry Corp., Jeju, Republic of Korea | Hwang, K.J., Korea Airport Service, Jeju, Republic of Korea | Kim, Y.J., Korea Racing Authority, Gwacheon, Republic of Korea | Park, N.G., National Institute of Animal Science, Jeonju, Republic of Korea
The objective of this study was to determine the growth characteristics of cool (C1) and warm season grasses (C2) in pastures mixed with C1 and C2 suitable for grazing horses and effect of pastures mixed with tall and short grasses on the intake characteristics of horses. C1 used in this study was Kentucky bluegrass, Redtop (short type grass) and tall type grasses were orchardgrass and tall fescue, respectively. The short type grass used as C2 was Bermudagrass. This study had the following four treatment groups: 1) Treatment 1 (Bermudagrass + Kentucky bluegrass + Redtop) 2) Treatment 2 (Bermudagrass + tall fescue + orchardgrass) 3) Treatment 3 (Kentucky bluegrass + Redtop) 4) Treatment 4 (tall fescue + orchardgrass). There was no winterkilling or lodging problem at an altitude of 200 m. Plant heights in mixed pasture of Treatment 1, 2, 3, and 4 were 53.9, 58.2, 57.5, and 78.1 cm, respectively. Plant height was the highest in Treatment 4. Dry matter yield was in the following order : Treatment 4 greater than Treatment 3 greater than Treatment 2 greater than Treatment 1. In the first investigation regarding vegetation distribution, Bermudagrass ratios among grasses in Treatment 1 and Treatment 2 were 70% and 66.7%, respectively. Overall, other grasses showed poor growth. In the second investigation of vegetation distribution, Bermudagrass ratios among grasses in Treatment 1 and Treatment 2 were 80% and 60.7%, respectively. Crude protein content, neutral detergent fiber content, acid detergent fiber content, digestibility value, and nutritive values were the lowest in Treatment 4, followed by those in Treatment 1, Treatment 2 and Treatment 3.
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