Plant Responses of An Aeschynomene Americana--Hemarthria Altissima Association to Grazing Management
Plant Responses of An Aeschynomene Americana--Hemarthria Altissima Association to Grazing Management
Sollenberger, Lynn Elwood
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Studies have shown that tall grass limited the productivity of Stylosanthes humilis H.B.K. overseeded in native pastures (Gillard, 1977). Aeschynomene was more productive if seeded into a grazed bahiagrass sod than if seeded into bahiagrass that was 20 to 30 cm tall (Kalmbacher and Martin, 1983). Kalmbacher and Martin (1983) hypothesized that seedling development in a low-light environment is slower, increasing the length of time that plants are susceptible to disease and to insect or snail fee...ding. Decreased seedling root growth has also been associated with low-light environments (Groya and Sheaf fer, 1981), making plants less able to tolerate drought or to compete effectively for nutrients. Thus, it appears that although aeschynomene seedlings survive for some time under taller grass, they are weakened by grass competition and 69 eventually lost from the stand in greater numbers than seedlings in closely grazed grass sods. It is also likely that more extreme levels of grass competition lead to earlier legume seedling loss, as was the case for S_.
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