Annual, Off-season Raspberry Production in Warm Season Climates

Native Warm-season Grassland

20B Natut'al Areas Journal ABSTRACT: Invasive species challenge ll1illwgcrs or natural areilS. III nlilily ecosyslems, rcslori'ng , . " .. I. I· . I· I· . 1 I' dl1\! maintaining pre .. hls(OfiC {lStur '<lllce regllnes promotes native )IOt Iverslty an( contro s Invasive pl;!n species. We report challenges in applying patch-burn grazing to rcstore the ecological interaCtiolt between lire and herh...

Native Warm-Season Grasses for Mid-South Forage Production

Vigorous Summer Growth Peak growth of these grasses occurs during summer. They break dormancy in late March and early April and then grow rapidly from mid-May through midsummer. In late summer, growth slows until fall dormancy, usually in October. The maturity dates of the various species vary somewhat, but all follow this pattern. They remain dormant through winter. Five Key Species While ther...

Overseeding Unimproved Warm-Season Pasture with Cool- and Warm-Season Legumes to Enhance Forage Productivity

Warm-Season Grasses for Hay and Pasture

Switchgrass, Indiangrass, and big bluestem are warmseason grasses that are a suitable alternative for summer pasture in Iowa. Their advantage over cool-season grasses such as bluegrass, bromegrass, and orchardgrass is their ability to produce during midsummer. These warm-season perennial grasses start growing in late spring as air and soil temperatures increase. Leaf growth often occurs in earl...

Warm season precipitation climatology: first European results

To date very low scores are associated to quantitative precipitation forecasts (QPF) of warm season precipitation, a fact mostly due to the little knowledge of the mechanisms driving these phenomena. The study aims to produce a five-year climatology (1999–2003) of warm season precipitation systems (MJJA) over Europe using Meteosat IR brightness temperatures as a contribution to a global study l...