Effect of liming on red clover forage yield (Trifolium pretense L.) grown separately and in mixtures with Italian ryegrass (Lolium italicum L.) | Uticaj kalcizacije zemljišta na prinos krme crvene deteline (Trifolium pretense L.) gajenje u čistoj setvi i smeši sa italijanskim ljuljem (Lolium italicum L.)
2012
Tomić, D., Agronomski fakultet, Čačak (Serbia) | Stevović, V., Agronomski fakultet, Čačak (Serbia) | Đurović, D., Agronomski fakultet, Čačak (Serbia) | Bokan, N., Agronomski fakultet, Čačak (Serbia)
Grass-leguminous mixtures are of great importance in production of quality forage, both in terms of farm animal husbandry, and free system of grazing animals. We investigated the influence mode of cultivation of red clover (separately crop and mixtures with Italian ryegrass) and application of liming (control – without CaO, 3t/ha CaO) on acid soil pH 4.8 on forage yield, hay yield, the proportion of red clover, Italian ryegrass and weeds in a total yield of hay. Red clover growing in mixtures with Italian ryegrass has been significantly higher yield of green forage and hay in relation to the pure crop of red clover. Application of liming, irrespective of the mode of cultivation, significantly influenced on increasing forage yield (22.7%) and yield hay (22.0%). In the variant red clover + Italian ryegrass, red clover proportion in the total hay yield decreased by applying liming (from 24.2% to 7.2%) as a consequence of increasing the share of Italian ryegrass (from 62.6% to 78.13%), while the proportion of weeds has not changed significantly.
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