2017-11-062017-11-061997-12ROSA, Beneval; SILVA, Sidnei Roberto de Carvalho. Produção e características químicas do capim-elefante (Pennisetum purpureum Schum) para ensilagem em diferentes idades de corte. Anais da Escola de Agronomia e Veterinária, Goiânia, v. 27, n. 2, p. 99-107, jul./dez. 1997. Disponível em: <https://www.revistas.ufg.br/pat/article/view/2974/3020>.0100-218Xhttp://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/handle/ri/12731This triai was carried out in the Departamento de Produção Animal at the Universidade Federal de Goiás, in Goiânia-Goiás. Its purpose was to evaluate the effects ofthree different harvest ages after the plantation upon the elephant grass cv. Cameroon production and its chemical characteristics, cultivated in red-yellow latossol, airnirng to the ensilage. lt was used a completely randomized design, with 16 repetitions, to evaluate the plants height, the dry matter production, the contents of dry matter, crude protein, crude fibre, calcium and phosphorus and the soluble carbohydrates contents and the buffering capaci1y before ensilage. Toe results obtained suggest the viabili1y ofthe harvest forage utilization in the three closing out dates, stored as ensilage.porAcesso AbertoAlturaCarboidratos solúveisProteína brutaMatéria secaPoder tampãoBuffering capacityCrude proteinDry matterHeightSoluble carbohydrateArtigo