Performances of Some Perennial Warm Season  Grasses Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) Mixtures  under Mediterranean Conditions

Selahattin CINAR; Rustu HATIPOGLU; Feyza Dondu GUNDEL; Arif AKTAS; Mustafa AVCI

doi:https://doi.org/10.17557/tjfc.46162

Makale detayları

Performances of Some Perennial Warm Season Grasses Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) Mixtures under Mediterranean Conditions

Yazarlar:

Selahattin CINAR | Rustu HATIPOGLU | Feyza Dondu GUNDEL | Arif AKTAS | Mustafa AVCI

Yayıncı:

Society of Fields Crop Science

Dergi:

Turkish Journal Of Field Crops 2014 Vol.19 Issue 2, pp.212-218

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

1/2014

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000636414

Sıklık:

İki Yıllık

pISSN:

1301-1111

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17557/tjfc.46162

Özet:

 

This research was conducted to determine forage yield and botanical composition of duo (alfalfa + one grass) and trio ( alfalfa + two grasses) mixtures of some warm season perennial grass species such as dallis grass (Paspalum dilatatum Poir.), Rhodes grass (Chloris gayana L.), Bermuda grass (Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers.) Guineae grass (Panicum maximum Jacq.), blue couch grass (Digitaria didactyla Willd) and finger grass (Digitaria milanjiana (Rendle) Stapf) with alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) as well as their pure sowings under irrigated conditions of Mediterranean during the years of 2011 and 2012. In the study, green herbage yield, dry matter yield, alfalfa proportion in dry matter yields and land equivalent ratio (LER) were determined. The experimental design was completely randomized block design with three replications. According to the results, it was determined that the ratios of warm season grasses in the botanical composition of the mixtures declined with the establishment age while rate of alfalfa in the botanical composition of the mixtures increased. Increasing the rate of alfalfa in the botanical composition of the mixtures also increased hay quality of the mixtures. The mixtures gave higher dry matter yield than pure sowings of the species. The highest green herbage yield (98.14 t ha1) was obtained from the mixture of Rhodes grass + alfalfa. The highest dry matter yield (22.46 t ha1) was obtained from the mixture of dallis grass + Guinea grass + alfalfa. The highest value of land equivalent ratio (LER) (1.49) was obtained from the mixture of bermuda grass +Rhodes grass + alfalfa. From the results of the study, it was concluded that Guinea grass and finger grass did not show good adaptaion to the Cukurova conditions due to low temperatures during the winter season. Bermuda grass, Rhodes grass, blue couch grass and dallis grass could be used to establish pasture mixtures with alfalfa, having long grazing season and giving high hay yield and quality. Before the establishment of such pasture mixtures, it was needed to research proper mixture ratios and proper management techniques of the mixtures.

Makale detayları

Performances of Some Perennial Warm Season Grasses Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) Mixtures under Mediterranean Conditions

Yazarlar: Selahattin CINAR | Rustu HATIPOGLU | Feyza Dondu GUNDEL | Arif AKTAS | Mustafa AVCI

Yayıncı: Society of Fields Crop Science

Dergi: Turkish Journal Of Field Crops 2014 Vol.19 Issue 2, pp.212-218

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 1/2014

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2000636414

Sıklık: İki Yıllık

pISSN: 1301-1111

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17557/tjfc.46162

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Selahattin CINAR | Rustu HATIPOGLU | Feyza Dondu GUNDEL | Arif AKTAS | Mustafa AVCI

Yayıncı:

Society of Fields Crop Science

Dergi:

Turkish Journal Of Field Crops 2014 Vol.19 Issue 2, pp.212-218

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

1/2014

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000636414

Sıklık:

İki Yıllık

pISSN:

1301-1111

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17557/tjfc.46162