The winter cereals utilization in double purpose system allows to provide forage in critical food conditions periods and also to increase the income of production stablility by improving quality and produtivity of winter cereal grains. The experiment was conducted from April 1994 to September 1996, in Guarapuava, Paraná, to evaluate the potential for forage and grains of white oat (Avena sativa L.), wheat (Triticum aestivum), triticale (X. Triticosecale Witt.), black oat (Avena strigosa Schreb), rye (Secale cereale L.) and barley (Hordeum vulgare L.), seeking an use in conditions of double purpose. A randomized block experiment design, with treatments assigned to subdivided portions, in three replications, was used. In the plots the production systems (without cut, one and two cut) were studied and in the sub-plot, the genotypes. The two cut system was superior than the others concerning the dry matter, mainly the oat. For the grain yield, the systems without cut and one cut were superior, in spite of the greatest production of oat genotype under two cut. In all genotypes, the hectoliter weight increased and the mass of a thousand seeds decreased, when cuts were performed. Under apropriate handling conditions, considerable forage production can be reached, without affecting the posterior production of grains for winter cereals.
defoliation; grains production; grasses
