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<journal-id>1405-3195</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Agrociencia]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Agrociencia]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1405-3195</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Colegio de Postgraduados]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1405-31952018000100067</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[The weibull distribution to describe aboveground biomass of Lolium multiflorum Lam., in relation to rate of nitrogen application]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[La distribución weibull para describir la biomasa aérea de Lolium multiflorum Lam., en relación al nivel de aplicación de nitrógeno]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Gorgoso-Varela]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[José Javier]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Oliveira-Prendes]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[José Alberto]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Afif-Khouri]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Elías]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Palencia]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Pedro]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidade de Santiago de Compostela Departamento de Enxeñaría Agroforestal Unidade de Xestión Forestal Sostible (UXFS)]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Lugo ]]></addr-line>
<country>Spain</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Oviedo University Polytechnic School of Mieres Department of Organisms and Systems Biology]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Asturias ]]></addr-line>
<country>Spain</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>02</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>02</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>52</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>67</fpage>
<lpage>75</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1405-31952018000100067&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1405-31952018000100067&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1405-31952018000100067&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract Characterization of forage biomass in pasture land is complicated by the temporal and spatial variability that result from variation in vegetation patch sizes. These factors along with topography, water location and distribution of fertilizer result in non-uniform grass. The aim of the study was to evaluate the use of the three-parameter Weibull distribution to describe aerial dry matter (DM) production in the first harvest of a mixture of three Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) cultivars (the tetraploid &#8216;Jivet&#8217; and &#8216;Barspirit&#8217;, and the diploid &#8217;Barprisma&#8217;) in Asturias (N Spain). The trial was established in a randomized complete block design with three blocks of 100 m2 (20 m x 5 m) and a fertilizer treatment with three levels (0, 40 and 80 kg N ha-1) assigned at random to each block. In 2010, 2011 and 2012, samples of vegetation (28-30) were collected at random from each treatment plot to enable modelling of aerial DM production. The null hypothesis that the distributions studied follow a Weibull distribution was tested. The three-parameter Weibull distribution was fitted by the method of Moments, and the goodness of fit was tested with the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test (&#945;=0.05). The Weibull distribution function proved to be a flexible and simple model that enabled description of 100 % of the distributions.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen Caracterizar la biomasa de forraje en pastos es complicado por la variabilidad temporal y espacial de su producción. Estos factores junto con la topografía, la ubicación del agua y la distribución del fertilizante resultan en lugares heterogéneos. El objetivo de este estudio fue evaluar el uso de la distribución Weibull de tres parámetros para describir la producción de materia seca (MS) aérea en la primera cosecha de una mezcla de tres variedades de ballico (raigrás) italiano (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) (los tetraploides &#8216;Jivet&#8217; y &#8216;Barspirit&#8217;, y el diploide &#8216;Barprisma&#8217;) en Asturias (N de España). La prueba se estableció con un diseño en bloques completos al azar con tres bloques de 100 m2 (20 m x 5 m) y un tratamiento de fertilización con tres niveles (0, 40 y 80 kg N ha-1) asignados al azar a cada bloque. En 2010, 2011 y 2012, se recolectaron al azar muestras de vegetación (28-30) de cada tratamiento para permitir modelar la producción de MS aérea. La hipótesis nula de que las distribuciones estudiadas siguen una distribución Weibull se evaluó. La distribución Weibull de tres parámetros se ajustó con el método Momentos y la bondad de ajuste se comprobó con la prueba Kolmogorov-Smirnov (&#945;=0.05). La función de distribución Weibull resultó ser un modelo flexible y simple que permitió la descripción de 100 % de las distribuciones.]]></p></abstract>
<kwd-group>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[productivity]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[nitrogen fertilization]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[density function]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[moments]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Italian ryegrass]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[productividad]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[fertilización nitrogenada]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[función de densidad]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[momentos de la distribución]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[ballico (raigrás) italiano]]></kwd>
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