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Caracterización morfobotánica de las especies predominantes en un sistema silvopastoril con gramíneas y leguminosas mejoradas después de 10 años de explotación
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Castro, Yuseika Olivera Santana, Tania Sánchez Testino, Luigi |
| Copyright Year | 2008 |
| Abstract | With the objective of determining whether in a silvopastoral system (formed by an association of improved grasses and L. leucocephala cv. Cunningham) the morphobotanical characteristics of the predominant species were maintained, a characterization study was performed after 10 years of exploitation. Several quantitative descriptors were used for the grasses as well as the legumes that were present in higher quantity in the system, which were determined through the botanical composition of the pastureland. To process the results, a principal component analysis was used. The botanical composition of the pasture allowed proving the existence of two predominant species: Panicum maximum cv. Likoni and Leucaena leucocephala cv. Cunningham. Both species showed high variability accumulated with regards to the indicators measured: 93.86 and 94.73% for the grass and the legume, respectively. This result is considered to be an encouraging symptom, because in this system with more than a decade of exploitation the morphological characteristics of the two most representatives species are maintained. The characterization activity is important for determining the morphobotanical stability of plants. It is recommended to use these measurements in similar studies. |
| Starting Page | 323 |
| Ending Page | 326 |
| Page Count | 4 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Volume Number | 26 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.scielo.org.ve/pdf/zt/v26n3/art36.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
