Efecto de la carga ganadera sobre la producción y la calidad de pasto en un sistema silvopastoral establecido bajo cerezo
- M.R. Mosquera-Losada
- I. Urban-Martinez
- J.J. Santiago-Freijanes
- N. Ferreiro-Domínguez
- A. Rigueiro-Rodríguez
- Mª Dolores Báez Bernal (coord.)
- Laura Campo Ramírez (coord.)
- Sonia Pereira Crespo (coord.)
- María J. Bande Castro (coord.)
- Julio E. López Díaz (coord.)
Publisher: Sociedad Española para el Estudio de los Pastos
ISBN: 978-84-608-7722-6
Year of publication: 2016
Pages: 369-373
Congress: Sociedad Española para el Estudio de los Pastos. Reunión Científica (55. 2016. Lugo-A Coruña)
Type: Conference paper
Abstract
The objective of this paper was to evaluate the effect of stocking rate on offer pasture production and quality in a silvopastoral system established with cherry that was previously treated with herbicides in tree lines and mechanical ploughed to weed in the alleys. The experimental design was randomized block with two treatments (low stocking density (four sheep ha-1) and high (eight sheep ha-1)) and two replicas. Trees suffered no notable damage. Grass production was greater in those areas far away from the trees that has been previously and mechanically cleared. Due to the absence of damage to trees with any of the tested stocking rate and the good understory control, silvopasture could be considered as a suitable form of cherry forest management that can avoid the costly use of herbicides and mechanical clearing, the large proportion of offer pasture leads us to conclude that the stocking rate should be evaluated to optimize the pasture production and trees.