This study was performed to determine suitable perennial forage species and their mixtures for the establishment of short-term artificial pastures under rainfed conditions in Turkey. The study was conducted from 2008 through 2010. Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.), sainfoin (Onobrychis sativa Lam.), brome grass (Bromus inermis Leys.), intermediate wheatgrass (Agropyron intermedium (Host). Beauv.), crested wheatgrass (Agropyron cristatum L. Gaertn.) and their binary and ternary mixtures were used as experimental material. The study found significant differences in yield and quality among the forage mixtures investigated. Sainfoin + bromegrass + crested wheatgrass and sainfoin + crested wheatgrass mixtures gave the highest dry matter yield (8.36 and 7.75 t/ha, respectively). Binary and ternary mixtures of alfalfa + grasses had higher crude protein levels and lower values of ADF and NDF content than mixtures of sainfoin + grasses. Pure alfalfa (56.64%) and binary mixtures of alfalfa + grasses (53.53 to 54.28%) had the highest TDN values. The relative feed values of the mixtures ranged from 95.64 to 112.58. The results of the study indicated that alfalfa and sainfoin binary mixtures with grasses may both be used to establish artificial pastures in similar ecologies owing to their high forage yield and quality.
This study aimed to determine the effects of five phosphorus rates (0, 30, 60, 90 and 120 kg ha -1 ) and three harvesting stages (beginning of flowering, full flowering, and seed filling) on forage yield and quality of hairy vetch (Vicia villosa Roth.).
This research was conducted to determine the dry matter yields and some quality features of alfalfa cultivars in Ankara and Isparta locations of Turkey. In this study, six alfalfa cultivars, (Daisy, Prosementi, Savas, Bilensoy, Gea) which one of them is candidate were tested in the randomized block design with three replications in 2007-2009 growing seasons. According to the results, significant differences were determined in terms of plant height, main stem diameter, stem number, dry matter yield, crude protein ratio, ADF and NDF contents of alfalfa cultivars. The highest plant heights were determined from Candidate and Prosementi in Ankara, Candidate, Bilensoy and Prosementi in Isparta. The highest stem numbers were determined in Prosementi, Bilensoy and Candidate in Isparta location. Daisy and Candidate had the highest crude protein content and they had the lowest NDF and ADF contents in both locations of the study. While the highest dry matter yield was obtained from Candidate in Ankara, it was obtained from Candidate and Daisy in Isparta. At the end of the study, for the high dry matter yield and quality candidate cultivar is more suitable for Ankara, while candidate and daisy cultivars are more suitable for Isparta location.
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