Background: Supplementation of grazing cattle with native and naturalized forages using silvopastoral systems has been suggested as an affordable strategy to reduce methane production improve nutrition, diminishing the environmental impact production. Objective: To evaluate effect three tropical forage species in a arrangement on fermentation parameters vitro ruminal simulation system (RUSITEC)...

Miombo woodlands sustainability in east and south-central Africa is threatened by human activities, including overgrazing. This study investigated seasonal variations rangeland condition three grazed areas miombo eastern Tanzania. Transect lines were established across the grazing areas, sampling points identified marked at every 10% of length transect line. Sampling categorised different dista...

Abstract Sedentarization of pastoralist communities is reshaping the structure and functioning tropical savannas. Of particular concern how permanent pastoral settlements change grassland vegetation inside “protected” areas. In this study, we investigate spatial impact on regrowth in Nech Sar National Park, Ethiopia. Within established herbivore exclosures across central plains at varying dista...

There has been considerable investment in grazing land management Australia’s Great Barrier Reef catchments targeted at improving off-site runoff and water quality. This study used a systems modelling framework to analyse an 18-year monitoring data set from Indian couch (Bothriochloa pertusa) dominated hillslope flume site the Burdekin catchment, Australia. The analyses show important functiona...

Twenty-four weeds commonly found in commercial potato fields in Quebec were evaluated for their host suitability to the root-lesion nematode, Pratylenchus penetrans, under greenhouse conditions. Brown mustard (Brassica juncea) and rye (Secale cereale) were included as susceptible controls and forage pearl millet hyb. CFPM 101 (Pennisetum glaucum) as a poor host. Pratylenchus penetrans multiplie...