Although there was no effect of cutting height on
total dry matter yield in the first year, severe
cutting of napier grass cultivars reduced yields
greatly at the end of the wet season in the second
year. Even when cutting at 10 cm, the yields were
still significantly reduced. The beneficial effects
of lax cutting of pasture are related to the greater
size and levels of residual plant variables following cutting, such as residual leaf area, the
number of growing points and the amount of
stubble reserves remaining