Table 3 Averages and standard error of mean (±) for rest and grazing periods of P. maximum cv. Mombaça guinea grass pastures subjected to rotational stocking and fertilized with three nitrogen levels, during the rainy and dry season.

From: Biological and economic responses to increasing nitrogen rates in Mombaça guinea grass pastures

Season

kg N ha−1

N100

N200

N300

Rest period (days)

Rainy

43Ba ± 2.3

35Bb ± 2.0

29Bc ± 2.0

Dry

67Aa ± 2.9

46Ab ± 2.5

41Ab ± 2.3

Grazing period (days)

Rainy

6.4Aa ± 0.17

5.7Bb ± 0.14

4.7Bc ± 0.13

Dry

7.0Aa ± 0.24

6.4Aab ± 0.18

5.9Ab ± 0.17

  1. Values followed by different letters, lower case in row and upper case in column, were significantly different according to the Tukey test at P < 0.05.