Evaluation of the effects of grass species, irrigation, nitrogen fertiliser application and soil compaction on the response of modern dairy pastures to phosphorus fertiliset

Authors

  • A.D. Mackay
  • A. Gillingham
  • C. Smith
  • P. Budding
  • P. Phillips
  • W. Clarke-Hill
  • P. Johnstone

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33584/jnzg.2010.72.2827

Abstract

This paper summarises progress in a field-based study exploring the phosphorus (P) requirements of high producing perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) and tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea)-based pastures, where the constraints to pasture growth and associated P uptake imposed by low nitrogen (N) availability and soil moisture over summer-autumn and poor physical condition of the soil have been removed.

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Published

2010-01-01

Issue

Volume 72, 2010, Lincoln

Section

Articles