Weed interference in Marandu palisade grass pastures under renewal or maintenance conditions/Interferencia de plantas daninhas em pastagens de capim Marandu sob condicoes de renovacao ou manutencao

HIGHLIGHTS: Weeds negatively influence the digestibility and the development of pastures with Marandu palisade grass. On renewed pastures, with Marandu palisade grass, the weed control must be adopted before reaching 24 days of coexistence. Weed control in pastures with Marandu palisade grass in mai...

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Published in:Revista brasileira de engenharia agrícola e ambiental 2022-03, Vol.26 (3), p.166
Main Authors: De Marchi, Sidnei R, Marques, Ricardo F, Araujo, Prissila R dos S, Silva, Ilgner T. D, Ma
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Summary:HIGHLIGHTS: Weeds negatively influence the digestibility and the development of pastures with Marandu palisade grass. On renewed pastures, with Marandu palisade grass, the weed control must be adopted before reaching 24 days of coexistence. Weed control in pastures with Marandu palisade grass in maintenance must be done before reaching 18 days of coexistence. The presence of weeds as a consequence of pasture degradation is one of the main problems facing livestock worldwide. Thus, knowing the interference aspects and the appropriate time for weed management is essential for applying a particular control measure. This research aimed to study the weed interference on the morphostructural and nutritional quality of the Marandu palisade grass in conditions of renewal or maintenance of pasture. The experiments were conducted in a randomized block design, with four replicates and treatments consisted of eight growth periods of coexistence between Marandu palisade grass and weeds (0, 15, 30, 45, 60, 75, 90, and 120 days). Forage grass was characterized at the end of the experimental period, corresponding to 120 days of coexistence, and the main morphostructural and nutritional components were determined. Under the renewal or maintenance process, the weeds interfere in the morphostructural and nutritional quality of pasture areas with Marandu palisade grass. In vitro organic matter digestibility of Marandu palisade grass is negatively influenced by weeds, suggesting that control measures for renewal or maintenance areas should be adopted within 24 and 18 days of coexistence, respectively. Key words: Brachiaria brizantha, indigestible fibers, in vitro digestibility, pasture degradation A presenca de plantas daninhas como consequencia da degradacao de pastagens e um dos principais problemas da pecuaria em todo o mundo. Assim, o conhecimento dos aspectos de interferencia e do periodo apropriado para o manejo dessas especies e essencial para a decisao de aplicar uma determinada medida de controle. Este estudo teve como objetivo estudar a interferencia de plantas daninhas sobre os componentes morfoestruturais e na qualidade nutricional do capim Marandu em condicoes de renovacao ou manutencao de pastagem. Os experimentos foram conduzidos em delineamento experimental de blocos ao acaso, com quatro repeticoes, sendo os tratamentos constituidos por oito periodos crescentes de convivencia entre o capim Marandu e as plantas daninhas (0, 15, 30, 45, 60, 75, 90, e 120 dias). A
ISSN:1415-4366
1807-1929
DOI:10.1590/1807-1929/agriambi.v26n3p166-172