Liliane Severino da Silva

Forage-Livestock Systems Assistant Professor, Extension Specialist
Livestock and Forages Program Team, Animal and Veterinary Sciences Department, Edisto Research and Education Center

Office: 64 Research St, Blackville, SC 29817 (office 409)
Phone: 352-871-5830

Email: lseveri@clemson.edu
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Personal Website: https://www.linkedin.com/in/liliane-severino-da-silva-04010924/

Educational Background

Ph.D. Crop Sciences
University of Florida 2019

M.S. Pasture and Animal Sciences
University of Sao Paulo 2015

B.S. Agronomy
University of Sao Paulo 2012

Courses Taught

Dr. Silva does not have a teaching appointment.

Profile

Dr. Liliane Silva is an Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist at the Animal and Veterinary Sciences Department at Clemson University. She received her B.S. in Agronomy and her M.S. in Pasture and Animal Sciences from the University of Sao Paulo. She graduated with her Ph.D. from the University of Florida and worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Auburn University. Dr. Silva has statewide research and Extension responsibilities under her forage-livestock systems program. Silva's research focuses on developing management strategies to improve forage agronomic and nutritive responses and animal performance and enhance production, sustainability, profitability, and resilience of ecosystems. Currently, her program's ongoing efforts include studies on grazing summer and winter cover crops, measuring greenhouse gases from forage-livestock systems, determining soil C and N accumulation, and heifer development on forage-based programs.

Research Interests

Dr. Silva's main interests encompass forage physiology, establishment and management, nutrient cycling dynamics, multispecies forage-based systems and ecosystem services delivered by grasslands. She also focuses on developing improved management practices to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the carbon footprint of forage and livestock systems.

Extension and Outreach

1. Climate-smart practices for forage systems. Online course. Available at: https://cpe.clemson.edu/browse/extension/livestockandforages/courses/climate-smart-practices-for-forage-systems
2. Forage Systems in South Carolina. Online course. Available at: https://cpe.clemson.edu/browse/extension/livestockandforages/courses/forage-systems-in-south-carolina---primary

Publications

Selected referred publications (past 4-yrs)
1. Alonso, M. P., Alonso, T.B., Yasuoka, J.I., Gomes, F.J., Silva, L.S., Piedade, S.M.S, Pedreira, C.G.S. 2024. Agronomic traits of pinto peanut genotypes in response to variable management strategies. Semina: Ciências Agrária. DOI: 10.5433/1679-0359.2025v46n1p23
2. Burt, Justin C; Baxter, Lisa; Silva, Liliane; Vasco, Carol; Prevatt, Chris; Mullenix, Mary Kimberly; Stewart, R. Lawton; Tucker, Jennifer Johnson. 2024. Alfalfa-bermudagrass mixtures managed under contrasting harvest strategies in the southeastern US. Grass and Forage Science. DOI:10.1111/gfs.12687
3. Vasco, C.; Burt, J.; Mullenix, M.K.; Silva, L.S.; Groce, K.; Manson, K, Prevatt, C.; Tucker, J. 2023. Agronomic and structural responses of stockpiled alfalfa-bermudagrass systems. Crop, Forage, and Turfgrass Management. doi: 10.1002/cft2.20223
4. Thompson, S.J.; Koebernick, J.; Silva, L.S.; Mullenix, K., Heaton, C., Carrell, R., Dillard, S.L. 2023. Forage mass and nutritive value of grain- and forage-type soybean cultivars managed under different row spacings and clipping heights. Agronomy. 13 (2), 487, 1-13. doi: 10.3390/agronomy13020487
5. Kohmann, M.M., M.O. Bauer, L.E. Sollenberger, L.S.B. Moreno, L.S. da Silva, S. Saraiva, and J.C.B. Dubeux Jr. 2022. Legume proportion affects bahiagrass-rhizoma peanut mixture performance and legume composition of cattle diets. Applied Animal Science 38, 560-569. doi: 10.15232/aas.2022-02297
6. Shoup, S.L.; Muntifering, R.B.; Mullenix, M.K.; Silva, L.S.; Dillard, S.L. 2022. Nutritive value and in-situ disappearance of cool-season baleage ensiled under contrasting inoculant strategies. Animals. DOI: 10.3390/ani12212929
7. Chappell, C.G., M.L. Marks, K.M. Mason, L.S. Silva, J.L. Jacobs, M.K. Mullenix, S.L Dillard and R.B. 2022. Forage production and persistence characteristics of grazed native warm-season grass mixtures with or without nitrogen fertilizer. Grassland Research. DOI:10.1002/glr2.12028
8. Shepard, E.M., L.E. Sollenberger, M.M. Kohmann, L.S. da Silva, J.F. Harling, Jr., J.C.B. Dubeux, Jr., and J.M.B. Vendramini. 2022. Establishing rhizoma peanut-bahiagrass mixtures. Agrosyst. Geosci. Environ. Vol 5, Issue 3. DOI: 10.1002/agg2.20285
9. Silva, L.S. (corresponding author); Sollenberger, L.E; Kohmann, M.M.; Mullenix, M.K.; Dubeux Jr, J.B.; Silveira, M.L. 2022. Soil carbon and nitrogen stocks in nitrogen-fertilized grass and legume-grass forage systems. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems. DOI: 10.1007/s10705-021-10188-9
10. Silva, L.S. (corresponding author); Mullenix, M.K.; Tucker, J.J.; Prevatt, C.G. 2021. Perceptions on adoption of alfalfa plantings by forage-livestock producers in the Southeast US. Applied Animal Sciences, 37:6, 665-669. DOI: 10.15232/aas.2021-02194
11. Silva, L.S. (corresponding author); Sollenberger, L.E.; Kohmann, M.M.; Dubeux Jr., J.C.B.; Aryal, P.; Silveira, M.L.; Vendramini, J.M.B. 2021. Litter mass and nitrogen disappearance in year-round nitrogen-fertilized grass and legume-grass forage systems. Agronomy Journal. DOI: 10.1002/agj2.20826.

Links

Land-Grant Press Livestock and Forages Resources
Forage Drops Youtube page
Forage Drops Facebook page
Forage Drops LinkedIn page
Clemson Forages Laboratory

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