Perennial grasses recovery capacity to the intense cutting in the middle of the growing period

The purpose of this study was to investigate the recovery capacity of the perennial grasses Dactylis glomerata and Phalaris aquatica to the intense cutting in the middle of the growing period. There were applied two treatments (cutting and control). In the samples taken from the two treatments they were measured the leaf area and the weight of leaves and shoots. The variables calculated were: leaf area index, specific leaf weight, specific leaf area, the leaf weight ratio to the total weight of biomass above the ground and the coefficient of recovery. The results showed that the intense cutting in the middle of growing period decreased the density of leafage of Phalaris aquatica. Dactylis glomerata after the cutting had higher thickness of leaf compared to Phalaris aquatica. The higher values of the coefficient of recovery of Dactylis glomerata after the cutting in the middle of germinal period, compared to those of Phalaris aquatica, indicate that Dactylis glomerata has the capacity to recover after intense cutting in the middle of growing period.