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Effect of harvest practice on root reserves and performance of alfalfa
Abstract
It is common practice in north central and western Oklahoma, as in many states of the Great Plains Region, to harvest the first one or two cuttings of alfalfa for bay, followed by a seed crep whenever conditions are favorable for seed-setting. Little thought is given to meadow manage-meat practices that are conducive to high seed Fields, and failure of the seed crop is commonly attributed to unfavorable weather or insect damage, or both. Because of the frequency of such failure other mere important factors seem to be involved, and the association found between food reserves and seed production under greenhouse conditions (13) indicate that maturity of hay at the time of harvest may have a decided influence subsequent need yields. It is important to know the extent to which such yields may be affected by cutting practice because of the rather recent inauguration of artificial alfalfa dehydration and the coincident tendency to remove the associated hay cuttings at excessive immaturity in order to obtain maxima protein content.
Subject Area
Agronomy|Range management
Recommended Citation
Graumann, Hugo O, "Effect of harvest practice on root reserves and performance of alfalfa" (1950). ETD collection for University of Nebraska-Lincoln. AAIDP13622.
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/dissertations/AAIDP13622