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Dry matter production of Tanzania grass as a function of agrometeorological variables
Fecha
2012Registro en:
PESQUISA AGROPECUARIA BRASILEIRA, BRASILIA DF, v. 47, n. 4, supl. 1, Part 2, pp. 471-477, APR, 2012
0100-204X
10.1590/S0100-204X2012000400001
Autor
Pezzopane, José Ricardo Macedo
Santos, Patricia Menezes
Mendonça, Fernando Campos
Araujo, Leandro Coelho de
Cruz, Pedro Gomes da
Institución
Resumen
The objective of this work was to develop and validate linear regression models to estimate the production of dry matter by Tanzania grass (Megathyrsus maximus, cultivar Tanzania) as a function of agrometeorological variables. For this purpose, data on the growth of this forage grass from 2000 to 2005, under dry-field conditions in Sao Carlos, SP, Brazil, were correlated to the following climatic parameters: minimum and mean temperatures, degree-days, and potential and actual evapotranspiration. Simple linear regressions were performed between agrometeorological variables (independent) and the dry matter accumulation rate (dependent). The estimates were validated with independent data obtained in Sao Carlos and Piracicaba, SP, Brazil. The best statistical results in the development and validation of the models were obtained with the agrometeorological parameters that consider thermal and water availability effects together, such as actual evapotranspiration, accumulation of degree-days corrected by water availability, and the climatic growth index, based on average temperature, solar radiation, and water availability. These variables can be used in simulations and models to predict the production of Tanzania grass.