The experiment was conducted at UNESP-Jaboticabal on the 2001-2002 winter-spring-summer period to evaluate the crude protein, cell wall (NDF, ADF, cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin) contents, and in vitro organic matter digestibility (IVOMD) of the Tifton 85 alone or overseeded with annual species (oat, pearl millet, and sorghum Sudan grass-SS). It was evaluated the followings treatments: pearl millet plus bristal oat; SS AG2501 C plus bristeal oat, overseeded on Tifton 85 area on 06/19/02, or 07/02/02, and Tifton 85. The data were analyzed according a randomized block design with three repetitions. The CP was highest on the forage harvested at the first evaluation. The cell wall content increased, and IVOMD decreased, in relation to the plant development in booth seeding time. The CP, cell wall contents, and IVOMD changed during the evaluations and seeding time due to the botanical and plants morphological composition.
Bristeal oat; cell wall; In vitro organic matter digestibility; crude protein
