Forage production and quality of serradella in mild winter areas in north‐west Spain

Abstract

Forage production potential and nutritive value of pink serradella (Ornithopus sativus) from New Zealand and from the Atlantic coastal areas of Galicia (north-west Spain, southwest Europe) were compared. The experiments were conducted in the high rainfall and mild winter areas of Galicia, where this minor legume has traditionally been grown on neutral to acidic sandy soils for hay and for green fodder production. The average forage dry matter (DM) yields ranged from 4.2 to 4.3 t DM ha -1 in April and 5.6 to 6

Species‐specific adaptations explain resilience of herbaceous understorey to increased precipitation variability in a Mediterranean oak woodland

“…Extensive literature is available on productivity of Ornithopus sativus (e.g., de Lautour and Rumball ; Iglesias and Lloveras ; Nichols et al. ), a species often included in legume seed mixtures for pasture improvement (Nichols et al.…”

“…Extensive literature is available on productivity of Ornithopus sativus (e.g., de Lautour and Rumball 1986;Iglesias and Lloveras 2000;Nichols et al 2007), a species often included in legume seed mixtures for pasture improvement (Nichols et al 2007). Performance of this species with moisture deficit has received little attention to date, bar the mentioning of the absence of symptoms to water stress (Wickham et al 2007).…”

Root growth response of serradella species to aluminium in solution culture and soil

“…Serradella (Ornithopus spp.) are high-quality pasture legumes used in Europe (particularly the Mediterranean basin), South America, southern Africa, New Zealand and, increasingly, southern Australian temperate grazing systems (Bolland & Gladstones, 1987;Dodd & Orr, 1995;Franczuk et al, 2010;Iglesias & Lloveras, 2000;del Pozo & Ovalle, 2009;Ribeiro et al, 2019;Schofield, 1950;Williams et al, 1975). They were identified as useful pasture species for Australia in the early 1950s and have undergone extensive breeding to improve agronomic characteristics since the 1970s (Nichols et al, 2007).…”