Quality of herbage at different latitudes.

• Published in: Netherlands Journal of Agricultural Science
• Main Authors: Deinum, B., Beyer, J. de, Nordfeldt, P.H., Kornher, A., Ostgard, O., Bogaert, G. van
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Royal Netherlands Society for Agricultural Sciences 1981
• Subjects: Tromso
• Online Access: https://library.wur.nl/ojs/index.php/njas/article/view/17014; https://doi.org/10.18174/njas.v29i2.17014

In a cooperative experiment, yield and herbage quality of timothy was measured during the uninterrupted growth of the 1st cut at 6 lat. (51-69 deg N). Rate of production was greatest at Tromso (69 deg N), apparently because of the long day and rapid reproductive development. Digestibility of OM decl...