Mineral Composition of Red Clover under <i>Rhizobium</i> Inoculation and Lime Application in Acid Soil
2015
STAJKOVIĆ-SRBINOVIĆ, Olivera | DELIĆ, Dušica | RASULIĆ, Nataša | ČAKMAK, Dragan | KUZMANOVIĆ, Djordje | SIKIRIĆ, Biljana
<p>In the present study the effects of <em>Rhizobium</em> inoculation<em> </em>and lime application on the mineral composition (N, P, K, Ca, Mg, Fe, Mn, Cu, Zn, B) of red clover (<em>Trifolium pratense </em>L.), in very acid soil were evaluated. Inoculation with <em>Rhizobium leguminosarum</em> bv. <em>trifolii</em> significantly increased shoot dry weight (SDW) of red clover plants (three times greater), as well as N, Mg, Fe, Mn and Cu contents in plants compared to the control. Application of lime and <em>Rhizobium</em> together, depending on the lime rate (3, 6 or 9 t ha<sup>-1</sup> of lime) and the cut, increased SDW significantly, but decreased the contents of N, P, K, Mg, Mn, Zn and B in plants. Regardless of the changes, in all treatments in both cuts, contents of N, K, Ca, Mg, Mn and Zn in plants were among sufficiency levels (Mg content was elevated in the second cut), while Fe content was mainly high, as well as Cu (in the second cut). Contents of P and B in plants were somewhat lower than sufficiency levels, but above critical level. Therefore, red clover can be grown with satisfactory yield and mineral composition in acid soil with <em>Rhizobium</em> inoculation only, but the application of P and B fertilization is desirable.</p>
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