Author(s): GIUSTINA, C. D.; ROMANO, M. R.; SILVA, S. R. F.; MONTEIRO, R. A. C.; CARVALHO, C. A. B. de

Summary: Compatibility between fruit trees and animals is fundamental to the success of silvopastoral systems. The aim was evaluating the compatibility between fruit trees and dairy calves in silvopastoral systems. The experiment was carried out on the experimental basis of milk production in integrated systems, at Embrapa Agrossilvipastoril, located in Sinop, Mato Grosso state, Brazil, during 2018, when the fruit species already were 48 months old after planting. Five silvopastoral systems with fruit tree species were evaluated, being: caja fruit, red guava, cashew tree var. Embrapa 51 and cashew tree var. CCP76 and acerola fruit with Tifton-85 grass, under a complete block design, with two repetitions, under continuous stocking. All fruit trees had some damage to their structure by consuming the animal. The acerola fruit was the most damaged, reaching levels of unfeasibility, the caja fruit had slight damages and no impact on its architecture and the cashew trees had substantial damages, however, the impacts of these damages were null on the architecture of the treetops. The guava had some damages but had positive impacts on the architecture of the treetops. We recommend red guava and cashews like the best species to intercrop with dairy calves in silvopastoral systems.

Publication year: 2021

Types of publication: Paper in annals and proceedings

Unit: Embrapa Dairy Cattle

Keywords: Architecture, Bezerro Leiteiro, Browse, Consorciação de Cultura, Gado Leiteiro, Intercropped, Árvore Frutífera