Response of Paspalum atratum to the Level of Urea Fertilisation and Mix Plantation with Legume Herbs

Abstract

Two trials were carried out to evaluate the response new introduced grass Paspalum atratum with different management in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. The first trial was done to examine the effects of levels of urea fertilization on growth, biomass production and nutritive value of P. atratum. A 4 × 8 completely randomized block design was employed in this study. The treatment imposed was four levels of urea fertilization namely 0, 100, 200 and 300 kg/ha. All treatments were repeated eight times. The runners of tillers of P. atratum were planted at separation of 75 cm × 75 cm in each 3 m × 3 m plot. Parameters such as plant hight, tiller number, leaf width and nutritive value of P. atratum were measured at Days 28 and 56 after first cut. The second trial was conducted to study the effect of P. atratum, legume herbs mixture on growth and yield of P. atratum. A completely randomized block was designed with four treatments, eight replicates, with 32 total plots. Each plot comprised of 3 m × 3 m. The treatments tested in this study include P. atratum planted as monoculture (P), P mixed with Dolichos lablab (PDL), P mixed with Centrosema pascuorum (PCP) and P mixed with Clitoria ternatea (PCT). Parameters recorded include plant height, tillage number, leaf width and biomass dry matter (DM) production of P. atratum. The results of trial one demonstrated that levels of urea fertilisation significantly (p < 0.05) increased plant height, tillage number, DM production and crude protein (CP) content, and reduced significantly neutral detergent fibre (NDF) of P. atratum. No significant effect (p > 0.05) was detected of the level of urea fertilastion on leaf width, DM, organic matter (OM) and ether extract (EE) of P. atratum. Experiment two, exhibited that mix planting between P. atratum with legume herbs did not affect significantly (p > 0.05) plant height, tillage number, leaf width and biomass DM production of P. atratum.

Interactive effects of growth stage and nitrogen fertilization on herbage characteristics and nutritive value of Paspalum atratum

“…This could be an indication that if these grasses are allowed to reach advance stages of maturity much higher rates of N fertilizer would be required to maintain optimum nutritional value. The highest CP concentration of 133 g/kg DM observed in this study exceeded those reported in literature for the same species (Foster et al, 2011;Marsetyo et al, 2019). However, CP content as high as 150 g/kg DM in 28-day-old P. notatum that was fertilized with 157 kg N/ha was previously reported (Johnson et al, 2001).…”

Genetic diversity and morphological characteristics of native seashore paspalum in Indonesia

“…In Indonesia, genus Paspalum usually used as forage for ruminant such as Paspalum dilatatum or rumput Australi and Paspalum notatum or rumput bahia (Pebriansyah et al 2014), Paspalum conjugatum or Jampang Pahit (Stuart 2015), and Paspalum atratum or rumput swallen (Marsetyo et al 2019) or harvested as wild cereal such as P. scrobiculatum or kodo millet (Hariprasanna 2017) and used as local medicinal plants such as Paspalum conjugatum or Radupu in Tane Olen, East Kalimantan (Karmilasanti and Supartini 2011) and Paspalum sp. or Jiluang Gadis in Batin, ethnic group in Jambi Province (Jalius and Muswita 2013).…”