Grassland

Grassland

1. General Information

   • Categories of Grassland
     • Rough Mountain or Hill
       • Botanical Composition
       • Productivity Levels
       • Stocking Rates
     • Permanent Grassland / Pastures
       • Botannical Composition
       • Productivity Levels
       • Stocking Rates
     • Leys
       • Botanical Composition
       • Productivity Levels
       • Stocking Rates
   • Grass Structure
   • Characteristics of grass
     • Productivity
     • Palatability
     • Digestibility
   • Common Grass Species
     • Identification
     • Clovers

2. Grazing & Grassland Management

   • Methods of Grazing
     • Rotational
       • Strip Grazing
       • Paddock Grazing
       • Leader Follower
     • Non - Rotational
       • Set Stocking
       • Zero Grazing
     • Could Compliment Rotational / Non Rotatinal
       • Creep
       • Mixed Grazing

3. Sowing & Reseeding Grassland

   • Benefits of & Reasons for Reseeding
   • Methods of sowing & reseeding
     • Direct Sowing
     • Undersowing
     • Direct Drilling / Direct Seeding
     • Slurry Seeding
     • Slit Seeding / Stitching In

4. Conservation of Grassland

   • Fermentation
     • Silage Making
       • Biochemistry of
       • Principles of Silage Making
       • Storage & Waste Management
       • Assessment of silage
   • Dehydration
     • Hay Making
       • Biochemistry of
       • Principles of Hay Making
       • Storage & Waste Management
   • Fermentation & dehydration
     • Haylage
       • Biochemistry of
       • Principles of Making Haylage
       • Storage & Waste Managemnt

5. Practical Experiments

   • To Determine DM
   • To Assess Silage Quality
   • To Calculate Grass yield in an area
   • To Determine Sugar concentration of Grass
   • To Extract Pigments in Chlorophyll
   • To Show the Presence of Rhizobium in root nodules of Clover
   • Assess Botanical Composition

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