Studies on Zoysia range I

Abstract

It is considered that about one-third of the range area is the vegetation of SHIBA grass (Zoisia japonica) in Japan. In our experiments it was found that the Zoisia range had a habit of ever produces the feed suitable for grazing by live-stock. If the Zoisia grass is cutted rather closely more than once during the month, the interval between such cutting must be sufficient for it to recover fully. Therefore the grazing capacity may be increased to 24,000kg a year by giving a small quantity of nitrogen, in spite of the poor appearance of standing crop of Zoisia grass.