Tropical Grasslands (1996) Volume 30, 319329 Effect of seasonal soil moisture, nitrogen fertiliser and stocking rate on unsown species in a sown subtropical pasture C.K. McDONALD, R.M. JONES and M.W. SILUEY CSIRO Division of Tropical Crops and Pastures, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia Summary
Green panic (Panicum maximum var. trichoglume) and rhodes grass (Chloris gayana) were sown on a fertile soil in subcoastal south-east Queensland, Australia, and grazed at 5 stocking rates (1.0 to 2.2 steers/ha), with and without nitrogen fertiliser (100kg N/ha/yr). The occurrence of unsown species within 1m2 quadrats on a 25 m × 20 m grid was monitored annually in summer from 1973–1980. Spatial data were analysed by cluster analysis and the number of species per paddock and per quadrat were analysed by regression and analysis of variance. |