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| Species Selection and Development: Grasses: Cool-season Annual & Perennial |
| Table 3. Seeding rates, soil texture, estimated seed cost, estimated dry matter (DM) production, possible livestock disorders, and regions adapted to Texas of warm-season annual grasses. |
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Seeding Rate lbs PLS/A |
Soil Texture1 |
Estimated Seed Cost $/A |
Estimated DM Production/A |
Remarks: |
Possible Disorders2 |
Regions Adapted3 |
| Cool-Season Annual Grasses |
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Barley |
90-120 |
s.l.
or c.l. |
10-15 |
4000-6000 |
Tolerate alkaline soils |
3,7 |
9 |
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Oats |
90-120 |
s.l.
or c.l. |
10-15 |
4000-6000 |
Least
cold tolerant |
3,7 |
1-9 |
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Rye |
90-120 |
s.l. |
10-15 |
4000-6000 |
Most
cold tolerant |
3,7 |
1-9 |
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Wheat |
90-120 |
s.l.
or c.l. |
8-12 |
4000-6000 |
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3,7 |
1-9 |
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Triticale |
90-120 |
s.l.
or c.l. |
10-15 |
4000-7000 |
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3,7 |
1-9 |
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Annual brome |
25 |
s.l.
or c.l. |
25 |
2500-5000 |
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3,7 |
4-9 |
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Annual
ryegrass |
25-30 |
s.l. or c.l. |
12 |
3000-7000 |
Tolerates wetter soils |
1,3,7 |
1-5 |
| Cool-season Perennial
Grasses |
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Tall fescue |
25 |
c.l. |
30 |
2500-6000 |
Tolerates wet acid soils |
6 |
1,2,3 |
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Tall wheatgrass |
15 |
s.l.
or c.l. |
25 |
3000-6000 |
Tolerates alkaline soils |
N | 8,9 |
1 c.l.=clay loam; s.l.=sandy loam
2 1=ergot poisoning or staggers; 2=prussic acid poisoning; 3=nitrate NO3 accumulation; 4=interstitial cystitis; 5=photosensitization;
6=fescue toxicosis; and 7=grass tetany
3 1=Pineywoods; 2=Gulf Prairies; 3=Post Oak Savannah; 4=Blackland Prairies; 5=Cross Timber and Prairies;
6=South & Texas Plains; 7=Edwards Plateau; 8=Rolling Plains; 9=High Plains; and 10=Trans-Pecos
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