Desmanthus is a tropical sub tropical pasture legume with hard seed. Seed was fed to cows in a molasses dry season supplement. The resulting dung was collected and stored for later use. Eight years later the dung was sieved and seed extracted and tested for germination. 84% of the seed recovered from the dung germinated suggesting that Desmanthus seed is very resilient and stays viable after passing the gastro intestinal tract. The seed is very hardy and long lived in dry conditions, potentially surviving drought to germinate later under moist conditions
A series of experiments evaluated: 1) the influence of seed intake and gut retention time on seed pa...
This report discusses the endozoochorous seed dispersal by cattle (Scottish Highland cattle) in two ...
Questions: What is the potential of sheep to serve as seed dispersers via ingestion and defecation i...
Vast areas of semi-arid clay soil regions of northern Australia have no commercially available or ad...
Using livestock to disperse seeds of tropical and agronomic plant species has been investigated. The...
Livestock seed dispersal (fecal seeding) is gaining recognition as a method to reintroduce desirable...
Desmanthus is a genus of forage legumes with potential to improve pastures and livestock production ...
A series of experiments was conducted to: 1) investigate how feeding cattle with different amounts o...
1. Endozoochory is one of the main drivers shaping temperate grassland communities by maintaining pl...
Caldén (Prosopis caldenia Burkart) is the dominant tree of the xerophytic open forest in the semiari...
Livestock (cattle and sheep) were examined as seed disseminators for reseeding degraded Intermountai...
Progardes Desmanthus is a blend of Desmanthus bicornutus, D. leptophyllus and D. virgatus accessions...
Endozoochory is a potential dispersal mode for numerous plant species. Although germination followin...
A total of 44 tropical pasture legume accessions from the Clitoria, Desmanthus, Macroptilium and Sty...
The use of forage legumes in tropical regions to improve the efficiency of animal production from gr...
A series of experiments evaluated: 1) the influence of seed intake and gut retention time on seed pa...
This report discusses the endozoochorous seed dispersal by cattle (Scottish Highland cattle) in two ...
Questions: What is the potential of sheep to serve as seed dispersers via ingestion and defecation i...
Vast areas of semi-arid clay soil regions of northern Australia have no commercially available or ad...
Using livestock to disperse seeds of tropical and agronomic plant species has been investigated. The...
Livestock seed dispersal (fecal seeding) is gaining recognition as a method to reintroduce desirable...
Desmanthus is a genus of forage legumes with potential to improve pastures and livestock production ...
A series of experiments was conducted to: 1) investigate how feeding cattle with different amounts o...
1. Endozoochory is one of the main drivers shaping temperate grassland communities by maintaining pl...
Caldén (Prosopis caldenia Burkart) is the dominant tree of the xerophytic open forest in the semiari...
Livestock (cattle and sheep) were examined as seed disseminators for reseeding degraded Intermountai...
Progardes Desmanthus is a blend of Desmanthus bicornutus, D. leptophyllus and D. virgatus accessions...
Endozoochory is a potential dispersal mode for numerous plant species. Although germination followin...
A total of 44 tropical pasture legume accessions from the Clitoria, Desmanthus, Macroptilium and Sty...
The use of forage legumes in tropical regions to improve the efficiency of animal production from gr...
A series of experiments evaluated: 1) the influence of seed intake and gut retention time on seed pa...
This report discusses the endozoochorous seed dispersal by cattle (Scottish Highland cattle) in two ...
Questions: What is the potential of sheep to serve as seed dispersers via ingestion and defecation i...