1989/12/01 by S. Abdul Jalil, Sanaullah Jalil, I. J. Patterson · 4 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology #Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems #Bioenergy crop production and management
paper · doi:10.2307/2403700
(…) Clipping resulted in significant reduction of growth rate, grain yield, number of ears m −2 , number of grains ear −1 , 1000-grain weight and straw yield. The amount of weed in the crop increased significantly with the degree of clipping in two of four late treatments but early clipping had no effect in either year. Late clipping resulted in lower yields of grain and straw than did early clipping, but this was explained entirely by the greater amount of material removed rather than by an effect of timing as such. (…)