Table 2 Average and standard deviation (±) for the pre- and post-grazing sward heights of P. maximum cv. Mombaça guinea grass pastures subjected to rotational stocking and fertilized with three nitrogen levels and the period which pasture was deferred, throughout the experiment.
From: Biological and economic responses to increasing nitrogen rates in Mombaça guinea grass pastures
Season | kg N ha−1 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N100 | N200 | N300 | ||||
Pre (cm) | Post (cm) | Pre (cm) | Post (cm) | Pre (cm) | Post (cm) | |
2014–2015 | ||||||
Rainy | 82.4 ± 1.8 | 44.6 ± 0.9 | 83.4 ± 2.0 | 43.8 ± 0.8 | 85.1 ± 2.0 | 45.4 ± 0.8 |
Dry | 63.1 ± 4.5 | 44.8 ± 3.4 | 69.7 ± 2.3 | 44.1 ± 1.4 | 75.3 ± 4.0 | 45.2 ± 1.3 |
Deferred (days) | 25 | 13 | – | |||
2015–2016 | ||||||
Rainy | 84.5 ± 2.5 | 47.5 ± 1.1 | 85.4 ± 1.5 | 47.1 ± 1.6 | 85.7 ± 1.7 | 48.0 ± 1.1 |
Dry | 65.0 ± 7.2 | 42.8 ± 2.4 | 63.9 ± 4.1 | 43.8 ± 1.8 | 72.0 ± 5.7 | 45.4 ± 2.3 |
Deferred (days) | 33 | 26 | 15 | |||
2016–2017 | ||||||
Rainy | 82.8 ± 1.2 | 45.9 ± 1.0 | 83.2 ± 1.4 | 46.0 ± 1.5 | 83.8 ± 1.4 | 47.1 ± 0.9 |
Dry | 67.8 ± 3.4 | 43.8 ± 1.8 | 67.5 ± 3.9 | 42.3 ± 1.5 | 69.8 ± 2.9 | 45.8 ± 1.7 |
Deferred (days) | 61 | 35 | 21 | |||
