The dynamics of biomass accumulation at different seasons of the year is of vital importance in the production of a forage species. In this study nonlinear models (logistic and gompertz) to describe growth dynamics of plants based on dry matter yield of Brachiaria hybrid Cayman at different interval between cuts in drought season were used. Results for logistic and gompertz model showed an excellent fit to the data set of accumulated dry matter with a R 2 close to 1.0. In the dry season the best fitted model to estimate the cumulative dry matter yield was gompertz model. It is possible suggest logistic model use in drought conditions. The empirical distribution of the estimated intrinsic growth rate (K) was symmetric and leptokurtic for the logistic and gompertz model in the intervals (-0.0141; 0.2071 Kg MS ha 1 ) and -0.00086; 0.724986 Kg MS ha 1 ), respectively and the empirical distribution of the asymptotic accumulated dry matter yield (B) was asymmetric for the logistic and gompertz models in the intervals (4373; 16980 Kg MS ha 1 ) and (9840; 26654 Kg MS ha 1 ), respectively. The empirical distribution of these two parameters reflects the fact that the accumulated dry matter production of this grass is strongly related to the distribution of rainfall, especially in the tropical dry forest. The nitrogen fertilization, interval between cuts, intrinsic growth rate of B. hybrid Cayman as well as other factors affect this species development determine dry matter yield sustainability.
<p>Estimar el área foliar es parte fundamental en ensayos con especies forrajeras. En tal sentido, la presente investigación se centró en comparar modelos para estimar el área foliar en pasto Cayman (Brachiaria hybrid), los cuales tienen como premisa fundamental evitar el uso de métodos destructivos. Para tales fines se llevó a cabo un ensayo durante la época seca en una finca destinada a la explotación bovina de cría y ceba con pasto Brachiaria hibrido cv. Cayman. La estimación del área foliar se realizó a través de modelos de regresión lineal (simple, múltiple y con interacción) en función del ancho y largo de la hoja. Los resultados mostraron que el parámetro que determina el área foliar en pasto B. hibrido cv. Cayman es el largo de la hoja. Así mismo, el mejor modelo para estimar el área foliar en éste hibrido es el modelo cubico expresado como .función del largo de la hoja. Finalmente, la metodología empleada en esta investigación sugiere que, además del coeficiente de determinación del modelo (R2), los mejores criterios para seleccionar modelos para la estimación del área foliar en pasto B. hibrido cv. Cayman son el índice de entropía (AIC) y el error estándar residual.</p><p> </p>
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