Agro-energy efficiency of growing intermediate wheatgrass, elongated wheatgrass and yellow alfalfa on downed forage lands in the dry-steppe zone

Abstract

<jats:p>The justification of agro-energy efficiency of growing new high-yielding drought-resistant varieties and types of perennial grasses, such as intermediate Wheatgrass, elongated Wheatgrass and yellow alfalfa, which provide a positive effect of interaction of legume-cereal grass mixtures and single-species crops that are resistant to abiotic factors while improving hayfields and pastures of the arid zone, is presented. All studied grass mixtures and single-species crops of yellow alfalfa had a high annual yield of gross (21.7–48.7 GJ/ha) and exchange energy (13.5–32.1 GJ/ha) and provided the production of full-fledged feed.</jats:p>

Effects of Mowing Times on Nutrient Composition and In Vitro Digestibility of Forage in Three Sown Pastures of China Loess Plateau

“…Meanwhile, mixed sowing could enhance the stability of grasslands. It was reported the grassland stability was the best when mixed sowing of alfalfa and edge brome at 1:3, alfalfa and new wheat grass at 1:1, alfalfa and tall fescue at 1:2, and the best mowing time for alfalfa, tall fescue and mixture of edge brome and new wheat grass were at the early flowering, the elongation and the heading stage, respectively [ 13 ].…”