Pasture improvement programs carried out on some coastal pastures and highland ranges of Antalya
2012
M., Çürek | C., Erdurmus | S., Çeçen | B., Aydinoglu | M.T., Bilgen | S., Çakmakçi
A great portion of the grassland in Antalya is in poor condition due to long dry period in summer season and improper range management practices. In this work three highland pastures, 3800 ha in total, and three coastal pastures 175 ha in total were studied, and hay yield improvement was aimed. At the beginning all coastal pastures and highland ranges were covered with fences, to control grazing periods. All pastures were fertilized in different seasons during program. In some parts of controlled pastures, seed mixtures were sown. The first year of the study all pastures were closed for grazing animals. The following years animals were grazed from May-October. Bushes and unflavoured plants were cut to give a better growing chance to favour grasses. Loop and 1 m. frame methods were used to obtain, hay yields, average plant covered areas percentage, and botanical composition in all coastal pastures and highland ranges. As a result, all data were shown improvement of all pastures were satisfactory, but coastal pastures observed better behaviour than highland ranges in all determined characteristics.
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