chaffy-seeded grasses can be debearded, i.e., removal of the hairs and awn (Ahring et al., 1964) or processed to Drought is the most frequent cause of stand establishment failure remove all appendages leaving only caryopses (Beisel, of native grasses. An experiment was conducted to determine the interactions of seed processing and simulated dry conditions on seed 1985). When conditions are favo...

Structure and composition of vegetation and abundance of breeding birds in grasslands seeded to Old World bluestem (Bothriochloa ischmaeum) were compared to native mixed prairie in the southern Great Plains of North America. Abundance of birds was determined using fixed-radius point counts. Detrended correspondence analysis was used to compare plant community composition and canonical correspon...

Ischaemum rugosum Salisb. (Saramolla grass) is a noxious weed of rice that is difficult to control by chemical or mechanical means once established. A study was conducted to determine the effect of light, temperature, salt, drought, flooding, rice residue mulch, burial depth, and pre-emergence herbicides on seed germination and emergence of I. rugosum. Germination was stimulated by light and in...

Weed infestation happens when there is intense competition between rice and weeds for light, nutrients water. These conditions need to be monitored controlled lower the growth of as they affected crops production. The characteristics are challenging differentiate macroscopically. However, information can acquired using a spectral signature graph. Hence, this study emphasises weed species in fie...

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...