Effect of Alfalfa Grown for Forage on Soil Fertility Related to Mineral and Organic Fertilization

Vasileva, Viliana; Kostov, Ognyan

doi:10.9755/ejfa.2015.05.288

Cited by 26 publications

(18 citation statements)

References 13 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Root mass density varied in a narrow limit (0.1922-0.2118 g cmG 3 ) and significant differences between the variants did not found. Similar were the findings in other study (Vasileva and Kostov, 2015).…”

Section: Resultssupporting

confidence: 92%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Root Mass Accumulation after Different Fertilization and Soil Cultivation of Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.)

Vasileva¹,

Pachev²

2015

J. of Applied Sciences

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Effect of mineral fertilization and soil cultivation practices on root mass accumulation of alfalfa was studied. Field trial was conducted in the Institute of Forage Crops, Pleven, Bulgaria on leached chernozem subsoil type and no irrigation. The next treatments were tested: (1) For fertilization as follows: N0P0K0 (control), N60P100K80 (an accepted technology), N23P100K35 (nitrogen was applied 1/2 in first year of growing, 1/2 in third year), N23P100K35 (nitrogen was supplied pre-sowing), N35P80K50 and Аmophose, calculated at fertilizing rates N27P120K0 and (2) For soil cultivation as follows: soil loosing 10-12 cm, plough at depth 12-15 and 22-24 cm (an accepted technology), 18-22 and 30-35 cm. It was found that alfalfa plants accumulated the biggest amount of dry root mass (4550 kg haG 1) at the plough at the depth of 18-22 and fertilization at N35P80K50. Supplying of plants with an initial amount of nitrogen was essential for the root mass formation in shallow soil cultivation practices. Both, mineral fertilization and soil cultivation had effect on root mass accumulation of alfalfa.

show abstract

Section: Resultssupporting

confidence: 92%

“…An amount of 4017-5196 kg haG 1 dry root mass of alfalfa after mineral nitrogen fertilization was recorded where fertilized treatments significant exceeded the control (Vasileva and Kostov, 2015). Positive correlation has been found between root biomass and forage yield of alfalfa by Lamb et al (2000) and Hakl et al (2008).…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 91%

Root Mass Accumulation after Different Fertilization and Soil Cultivation of Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.)

Vasileva¹,

Pachev²

2015

J. of Applied Sciences

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Similar tendency was observed by Vasileva and Kostov (2015) for direct manure application. Both single manure and slurry application achieved 92% of maximum DMY.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 71%

“…This decrease was very low in contrast with reduction to 41% for spring barley (Hejcman et al 2013) or 61% for sugar beet (Hlisnikovský et al 2014) in the RFE. Effect of indirectly applied N on DMY was inconsistent in line with results of Vasileva and Kostov (2015) about direct mineral N fertilization. Lucerne N 2 fixation can reach up to 350 kg N/ha per year (Carlsson and Huss-Danell 2003) and therefore forage yield depended less on applied N fertilization.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 59%

“…The impact of lucerne fertilization has been traditionally focused on effects of direct application of phosphorus (P) and/or potassium (K) in various combinations (Berg et al 2007, Macolino et al 2013. Direct application of nitrogen (N) or organic fertilizers for monoculture has been investigated rarely (Vasileva and Kostov 2015) because of high lucerne potential of N 2 fixation described by Carlsson and Huss-Danell (2003).…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Impact of long-term organic and mineral fertilization on lucerne forage yield over an 8-year period

Hakl¹,

Kunzová²,

Konečná³

2016

Plant Soil Environ.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Effects of direct fertilization on lucerne (Medicago sativa L.) forage yield have been widely investigated; however there is a lack of published studies investigating the long-term effect of indirect application of mineral and organic fertilization. The main objective of the present research was therefore to investigate differences in forage yield under different combinations of mineral (6 treatments) and organic (3 treatments) fertilization over the past 8 years of long-term experiment conducted since 1955 in Ruzyně. Long-term absence of fertilization provided average annual dry matter yield of 8.64 t/ha. Indirect application of single manure or slurry significantly increased yield to 9.68 and 9.37 t/ha, respectively. Absence of mineral fertilization provided yield of 9.23 t/ha across organic fertilization and an inconsistent effect of the increase of indirectly applied nitrogen (N) rate was observed. The highest yields over 10 t/ha were observed at treatments where combinations of organic fertilization with higher rates of N, phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) were applied. The trend for yield reduction was observed under increasing N rates within identical P and K fertilization. This research has shown that indirect effect of fertilization should be considered together with stand age when lucerne forage yield is evaluated.

show abstract

Quantitative assessment of background pollutants using a modified method in data-poor regions

Duan

Peng

et al. 2020

Environ Monit Assess

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Effect of Alfalfa Grown for Forage on Soil Fertility Related to Mineral and Organic Fertilization

Cited by 26 publications

References 13 publications

Root Mass Accumulation after Different Fertilization and Soil Cultivation of Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.)

Root Mass Accumulation after Different Fertilization and Soil Cultivation of Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.)

Impact of long-term organic and mineral fertilization on lucerne forage yield over an 8-year period

Quantitative assessment of background pollutants using a modified method in data-poor regions

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About