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Published online 1 May 1964
Published in Agron J 56:291-295 (1964)
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Effect of Cutting Height on Alfalfa and Two Grasses as Related to Production, Persistence, and Available Soil Moisture1

G. E. Van Riper and F. G. Owen2

Synopsis: Height of cut affects the botanical composition, plant height, and the total carbohydrate food reserves of grass swards. Grasses grown with alfalfa were 7.96 to 8.32 percentage units lower in total available carbohydrates than grasses grown in pure stands. Cutting height affected the soil moisture use under the forages.

1 Contribution of the Departments of Agronomy and Dairy Science. Published with the approval of the Director as Paper No. 1441 Journal Series, Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station.

2 Assistant Professor of Agronomy and Associate Professor of Dairy Science, University of Nebraska.

Received for publication October 21, 1963.




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