Treatments

Crop height after defoliation (cm)

Vegetation cover (%)^a

Yield (kg∙DM∙ha⁻¹)

Control

20.9 ± 0.1^a

87.0 ± 5.4

-

LDI

10.5 ± 1.6^b

88.0 ± 2.8

995 ± 163

HDI

5.8 ± 0.7^b

87.8 ± 2.7

1374 ± 180