The objective of this study was to determine whether seasonal deferred grazing regimes could be used to increase the composition of cocksfoot (Dactylis glomerata L) in perennial pastures growing in temperate Australia. The experiment was conducted over three years at two sites; one in Victoria and the other in Tasmania, Australia. Relative to the control of continuous grazing, deferred grazing ...

BACKGROUND Wild plants harbour a variety of viruses and these have the potential to alter the composition of pollen. The potential consequences of virus infection of grasses on pollen-induced allergic disease are not known. METHODS We have collected pollen from Dactylis glomerata (cocksfoot; a grass species implicated as a trigger of allergic rhino-conjunctivitis) from Wytham Wood, Oxfordshir...

The efficiency of wet explosion applied as modified dilute acid pretreatment at previously identified reference conditions (150°C, 0.3% H(2)SO(4), 15 min) was investigated on lucerne, ryegrass, fescue grass, cocksfoot grass, rye fescue, forage grass, and wheat straw in order to identify their potential as feedstock for cellulosic bioethanol production. After pretreatment, cellulose recovery was...

Copper is a microelement involved in the metabolism of nitrogen compounds plants. Good utilization from soil and fertilizers by plants requires an adequate supply copper. The aim study was to determine effect increasing levels copper (100, 200, 300 mg Cu·kg−1 soil) applied together with various organic (cattle manure, chicken spent mushroom substrate) on content uptake cocksfoot (Dactylis glome...

The pasture and animal productivity of established high producing pastures in the Waikato has been compared with newly sown pastures based on recently released herbage cultivars. The established pastures were a mixture of Nui perennial ryegrass, Paspalum dilatatum and Htiia white clover. The new cultivars tested were Ellett perennial ryegrass, Wana cocksfoot and Roa tall fescue, each sown with ...

One IO-day experiment in autumn 1994 then four lo-day experiments throughout the 1994195 lactation in a complete Latin square investigated the effect of pasture species on yield, composition and total colour of milk from dairy cows. Treatments were Grasslands Kopu white clover (Trifolium repens L.), Yatsyn1 perennial ryegrass (L&urn perenne L.), Grasslands Kahu timothy (Phfeum pratense L.) and ...

The effects of seed source and seed size on germination and field performance were studied in five grasses. Greater seed weights were associated with better germination in Yorkshire fog, cocksfoot and timothy but not significantly so for Chewings fescue and browntop. In cocksfoot, Chewings fescue and timothy, higher seed weights were found in samples collected at altitudes above those generally...

Cocksfoot is one of the earliest, highly nutritious valuable forage crops, which widely used in agricultural production. It relevant developing varieties adapted to environmental stress factors that have productive longevity, increased seed and fodder productivity. The paper presents results wild cocksfoot accessions conducted on Ekaterininskaya RS 2017-2019. No were identified consistently exc...