Carbohydrate and Organic Nitrogen Concentrations within Range Grass Parts at Maturity

Authors

L. J. Perry Jr., University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lowell E. Moser, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

7-1974

Comments

Published in JOURNAL OF RANGE MANAGEMENT 27(4), July 1974. Copyright 1974. Used by permission.

Abstract

Total nonstructural carbohydrate (TNC) levels were significantly different among eight range grasses at maturity. Roots, rhizomes, and stem bases (storage organs), differed significantly in percentage TNC within rhizomatous and bunch-type (non-rhizomatous) grasses. Percent organic nitrogen differed significantly among grasses and storage organs but not to the same extent as with TNC. We of nonstructural polysaccharide accumulated (Smith, 1968; suggest that TNC concentrations of storage organs must be determined for each grass before sampling for TNC levels, in Grasses of subtropical order to locate storage organs with greatest TNC concentration.