Prospects for Improving Mediterranean Grasslands in Lebanon through Seeding, Fertilization and Protection from Grazing

cg.contactae.osman@cgiar.orgen_US
cg.contributor.centerInternational Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDAen_US
cg.contributor.funderInternational Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDAen_US
cg.contributor.projectCommunication and Documentation Information Services (CODIS)en_US
cg.contributor.project-lead-instituteInternational Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDAen_US
cg.coverage.countryLBen_US
cg.coverage.regionWestern Asiaen_US
cg.date.embargo-end-dateTimelessen_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0014479700020172en_US
cg.isijournalISI Journalen_US
cg.issn0014-4797en_US
cg.issn1469-4441en_US
cg.issue4en_US
cg.journalExperimental Agricultureen_US
cg.subject.agrovoclegumesen_US
cg.subject.agrovocpasturesen_US
cg.subject.agrovoclebanonen_US
cg.volume28en_US
dc.contributorCocks, Phil S.en_US
dc.creatorOsman, Ahmeden_US
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-28T22:14:08Z
dc.date.available2022-03-28T22:14:08Z
dc.description.abstractGrassland productivity was studied for four years near Terbol, Lebanon. In the first year pasture availability and plant numbers were monitored along transects, and in the following three years the effects of sowing four Mediterranean annual legumes (three cultivars of subterranean clover and a local ecotype of Medicago rigidula) and top-dressing with super-phosphate were studied. The results indicated that natural grasslands were dominated by annual grasses (Aegilops, Hordeum, Bromur, Lolium and Poa). Legume density was low, which resulted in poor legume productivity, especially in winter. Exotic legumes only resulted in a slight improvement in pasture productivity even when phosphate fertilizer was added. However, partial protection from grazing (for one or two months in late winter and spring) more than doubled the number of legume seeds in the seed bank compared with full protection and open grazing. The build up of seeds in the soil is an essential step towards the improvement of productivity in these degraded pastures, which form a large part of the land surface in Lebanon and on which small ruminant production largely depends.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://mel.cgiar.org/dspace/limiteden_US
dc.identifier.citationAhmed Osman, Phil S. Cocks. (3/10/2008). Prospects for Improving Mediterranean Grasslands in Lebanon through Seeding, Fertilization and Protection from Grazing. Experimental Agriculture, 28 (4), pp. 461-472.en_US
dc.identifier.statusTimeless limited accessen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/67283
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherCambridge University Press (CUP)en_US
dc.sourceExperimental Agriculture;28,(2008) Pagination 461-472en_US
dc.subjectratesen_US
dc.titleProspects for Improving Mediterranean Grasslands in Lebanon through Seeding, Fertilization and Protection from Grazingen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dcterms.available2008-10-03en_US
dcterms.extent461-472en_US
mel.impact-factor2.118en_US

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