The trial was conducted to evaluate the influence of two grazing intensities (moderate and low) and two stocking methods (continuous and rotational stocking) in the aerial biomass fluxes of an Italian ryegrass measured by the fluxes of growth, senescence, and intake, using the marked tillers technique. It was used a factorial arrangement in a complete randomized block design with four replicates per treatment. Treatments and their interactions affected the fluxes of growth and senescence. Rotational stocking at low intensity favored the growth flux of the pasture. Senescence flux was greater at continuous stocking and low intensity and the intake flux was not affected by the treatments.
continuous stocking; growth; intake; Lolium multiflorum L.; rotational stocking; senescence
