Abstract

BAZAN R, Víctor; YAMADA A, Graciela; CORONADO S, Luis  and  FUENTES N, Nadia. Productive Performance of Alfalfa (Medicago sativa), Caravelí­ Variety, Subject to Grazing in the Huaral Valley. Rev. investig. vet. Perú [online]. 2017, vol.28, n.3, pp.743-749. ISSN 1609-9117.  http://dx.doi.org/10.15381/rivep.v28i3.13359.

The dry matter (DM) production of alfalfa (Medicago sativa), Caraveli variety, was evaluated per cut and per year, and its persistence over time in a prairie of the IVITAHuaral Station of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, San Marcos University (Lima, Peru). The pasture was installed in the spring of 2011 in 1 ha of land in beds of 3 x 40 m, using the method of hand sowing (35 kg/ha). Irrigation was performed periodically. The cultivation was grazed with dairy cows, from the third cut when it presented 10% flowering. A total of 28 cuts were done between December 2011 and November 2014. The DM in the first, second and third year had a mean per cut of 373.3, 395.0 and 409.6 g/m2, respectively (p<0.05). The number of plants per area decreased significantly within year (p<0.05), without affecting the production of dry matter

Keywords : alfalfa; Caravelí variety; dry matter; persistence; Huaral.

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