Published online 24 January 2006
Published in Crop Sci 46:330-336 (2006)
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Performance of Irrigated Tall FescueLegume Communities under Two Grazing Frequencies in the Southern Rocky Mountains, USA
Leonard M. Lauriault*,a,
Steven J. Guldanb,
Charles A. Martinb and
Dawn M. VanLeeuwenc
a Tucumcari Agric. Sci. Ctr., New Mexico State Univ., 6502 Quay Road AM.5, Tucumcari, NM 88401
b Alcalde Sustainable Agric. Sci. Ctr., New Mexico State Univ., P.O. Box 159, Alcalde, NM 87511
c Dep. of Agricultural and Extension Education, Agricultural Biometrics Service, New Mexico State Univ., P.O. Box 30003 MSC 3501, Las Cruces, NM 88003-8003

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Fig. 1. The effect over years of grazing frequency on legume DM yield in the sward of binary mixtures of tall fescue and selected pasture legumes harvested during May at Alcalde, NM. Data are the means of three reps. Bars indicate the LSD (P 0.05) for within year comparisons. Absence of an LSD on a date indicates no significant difference among treatments. Low and High grazing frequencies were grazed bimonthly (mid-May, mid-July, and mid-September) and monthly (mid-May to mid-September), respectively.
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Fig. 2. The effect over years of companion legume on combined (grass + legume) DM yield in the sward of binary mixtures of tall fescue and selected pasture legumes harvested during May at Alcalde, NM. Data are the means of three reps and two grazing frequencies [grazed bimonthly (mid-May, mid-July, and mid-September) or grazed monthly (mid-May to mid-September)]. Bars indicate the LSD (P 0.05) for within year comparisons. Absence of an LSD on a date indicates no significant difference among treatments. Asterisks in formulas indicate which components of the polynomial regression analysis across years for each pasture treatment were significantly different from zero (P < 0.05).
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