Interactive Effect of Forage Mixing Rates and Organic Fertilizers on the Yield and Nutritive Value of Berseem Clover (&amp;lt;i&amp;gt;Trifolium alexandrinum&amp;lt;/i&amp;gt; L.) and Annual Ryegrass (&amp;lt;i&amp;gt;Lolium multiflorum&amp;lt;/i&amp;gt; Lam.)

Salama, Heba

doi:10.4236/as.2015.64041

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“…The achieved results confirm that mixing forage grasses with EC improves the 1st cut DM content compared to the pure EC stands. Similar results were reported for clover-barley and clover-triticale mixtures (El-Karamany et al, 2012, 2014, also for clover-ryegrass mixtures grown under the organic farming conditions (Salama, 2015).…”

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Influence of variable mixing rates and nitrogen fertilization levels on the fodder quality of Egyptian clover (Trifolium alexandrinum L.) and annual ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.)

Salama¹,

Badry²

2015

Afr. J. Agric. Res.

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Mixing grasses with legumes for forage production has been a common cropping system, especially in the Mediterranean countries. However, the nutritive value of the end product is greatly dependent on adopting the suitable cultural practices to achieve maximum benefit from the forage mixture, especially the nitrogen (N) fertilizer level and the mixing rate. Thus, the current study was carried out on the winter season of 2012 and 2013 in the experimental station of the Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University, Egypt. The main aim was to investigate the variations in 1st cut dry matter (DM) content and nutritive value of Egyptian clover (EC) and annual ryegrass (RG) grown in pure stands and with three mixing rates, under three N fertilization levels (72, 107, and 143 kg N ha-1). Nutritive value was judged upon investigating the crude protein (CP), carbohydrate content, and fiber fractions [neutral detergent fiber (NDF), acid detergent fiber (ADF) and acid detergent lignin (ADL)]. Results revealed significant variations among the five forage treatments for all the tested parameters (P < 0.001). In addition, significant variations among the three N-levels (P < 0.05) and significant two-way interaction among forage treatment and N-level (P < 0.01) were declared only in case of 1st cut CP content. In general, pure RG was superior in DM (155.08 g kg-1), carbohydrate (273.00 g kg-1), NDF (505.74 g kg-1), and ADF (279.60 g kg-1) contents. While, pure EC produced the highest-significant CP (155.52 g kg-1) and ADL (23.86 g kg-1) contents. Increasing the applied N-fertilizer level significantly increased the CP content of the sole EC (156.63 g kg-1) and the mixture of 70% EC + 30% RG (132.70 g kg-1). Grass-legume mixtures produced fodder of more balanced nutritive value when compared to the pure stands.

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Influence of variable mixing rates and nitrogen fertilization levels on the fodder quality of Egyptian clover (Trifolium alexandrinum L.) and annual ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.)

Salama¹,

Badry²

2015

Afr. J. Agric. Res.

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“…Cereals yield more than clover monocultures and cereal-clover binary mixtures prior to Cut-1 (Contreras- Govea and Albrecht, 2005;Ross et al, 2005a;Shoaib et al, 2013;Andrzejewska et al, 2014), yet some researchers found that mixtures yields equal or greater DM yield than component sole corps (Vasilakoglou and Dhima, 2008;Salama, 2015).…”

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Small Grain Cereal–Clover Mixtures for Forage Production

Shoaib¹,

Akhtar²,

Shehzad³

et al. 2016

Cercetari Agronomice in Moldova

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Fresh forages are the cheapest source of animal feed in world. Small grain cereals (SGC) are the most commonly used fresh forages or ensiled forage. Clovers are the perennial legumes that offer quality forage but their initial dry matter (DM) yield is low. Usually, SGC and clover are sown in mixtures to draw benefits from greater Cut-1 DM yield of cereals and biological nitrogen (N) fixation of clovers. However, mixtures are difficult to manage, compared to monoculture owing to differences in their growth pattern, temporal, spatial and physical requirements. In this review, SGC-clover mixtures are analyzed for their potential herbage DM yield and quality of the produce. Effect of various management factors on the productivity of forage mixtures are well documented. Decisions in managing mixtures, like choice of cereal and cutting time and how they affect the value of the final produce is reviewed. Besides decision, effect of relative proportion and spatial arrangement of intercrops is also deliberated. Special attention is paid to the competition between SGC and clovers and its impact on clover suppression in mixture. At the end conclusions are drawn to optimize production from mixtures.

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“…Egyptian clover is a high-quality leguminous crop for winter forage (Muhammad et al, 2014). Egyptian clover is involved in rotation with non-leguminous crops to increase crop productivity (Salama, 2015).…”

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Performance evaluation of a portable machine for Egyptian clover mowing

Zaalouk,

Hafez,

Werby

et al. 2024

Al-Azhar Journal of Agricultural Engineering

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This study investigates the performance evaluation of a portable mower for harvesting Egyptian clover. The main objective of this study is to evaluate and develop a cutter blade for the portable machine for harvesting Egyptian clover to increase its mowing efficiency. Field experiments were conducted to investigate some parameters affecting the performance of a portable mower. The tested parameters were: three cutting-blade speeds of 2500, 3000, and 3500 rpm (10.58, 12.70 and 14.82 m/s), three types of cutting blades: 2-edge, 3-tooth, and 40-tooth, plant-three intensities of ≤ 800, 800-1200 and ≤ 1200 1200 plant/m 2 , and plant three inclined-angles of ≤ 45, ≤ 60 and ≤ 90 ○ with a land plane.The obtained results can be summarized in the following points: The maximum cutting efficiency of 99.33% was obtained using a 2-edge cutting blade with a speed of 3500 rpm, plant intensity of ≤ 800 plant/m 2 and plant inclined angle of 90 ○ . Meanwhile, the minimum cutting efficiency of 88.67% was obtained using a 3-tooth cutting blade with a speed of 2500 rpm, plant intensity of ≤ 1200 plant/m 2 , and plant inclined angle of ≤ 45 ○ .

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Interactive Effect of Forage Mixing Rates and Organic Fertilizers on the Yield and Nutritive Value of Berseem Clover (<i>Trifolium alexandrinum</i> L.) and Annual Ryegrass (<i>Lolium multiflorum</i> Lam.)

Cited by 6 publications

References 30 publications

Influence of variable mixing rates and nitrogen fertilization levels on the fodder quality of Egyptian clover (Trifolium alexandrinum L.) and annual ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.)

Influence of variable mixing rates and nitrogen fertilization levels on the fodder quality of Egyptian clover (Trifolium alexandrinum L.) and annual ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.)

Small Grain Cereal–Clover Mixtures for Forage Production

Performance evaluation of a portable machine for Egyptian clover mowing

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