Title: Seed production of tall fescue (<i>Festuca arundinacea</i>Schreb.) established under a barley (<i>Hordeum vulgare</i>L.) cover crop
Abstract: Abstract Three field trials investigated under-sowing ‘Grasslands Roa’ tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.) in the spring with a barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) cover crop. Sowing rates of barley up to 75 kg/ha had no effect on first-year seed yields of tall fescue compared to tall fescue sown alone. At barley sowing rates of 100, 150, and 200 kg/ha, first-year seed yields and reproductive tiller numbers of tall fescue were reduced by an average of 245 kg/ha and 145/m2 respectively compared to tall fescue sown alone. Doubling the undersown tall fescue sowing rate from 7.5 to 15 kg/ ha had no effect on first-year tall fescue seed yields. The profitability of undersowing and sowing pure stands of tall fescue was examined. Undersowing tall fescue produced a net income of $NZ525/ha more than tall fescue sown alone.
Publication Year: 1993
Publication Date: 1993-10-01
Language: en
Type: article
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