Effect of harvest time and harvest method on seed yield and quality of Brachiaria decumbens ‘basilisk’

doi:10.11686/cyxb20140442

Abstract

Abstract:

The experiments were conducted to study the effect on seed yield, 1000 seeds weight and seed viability of Brachiaria decumbens ‘basilisk’ under different harvest time including the 38 d after the onset of the blooming period and different harvest methods including tying with traditional cutting, tying bag and manual patting harvest methods. The results showed that highest seed yield, 1000 seeds weight and seed viability were obtained with harvesting 38 d after the onset of the blooming period, compared to the other harvest time treatment which including 28, 33, 43 and 48 d treatments. Compared to the traditional cutting method and manual patting methods, the highest seed yield and 1000 seeds weight were obtained with harvesting by tying bag, which was 202.37 kg/hm² and 5.11 g, separately. It was indicated that 38 d after the onset of the blooming period and tying bag was the best harvest time and harvest method of ‘basilisk’ seed production in Yunnan province, respectively.

CLC Number:

S812.8
S3-33

ZHANG Mei-yan, XUE Shi-ming, CUI Ling-yan, XU Chi, KUANG Chong-yi, HUANG Mei-fen. Effect of harvest time and harvest method on seed yield and quality of Brachiaria decumbens ‘basilisk’[J]. Acta Prataculturae Sinica, DOI: 10.11686/cyxb20140442.

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