EVALUATION OF FODDER YIELD AND ITS QUALITY OF BARLEY AND RYEGRASS SOWN ALONE OR INTERCROPPED WITH BERSEEM CLOVER | ||
| Journal of Plant Production | ||
| Article 1, Volume 2, Issue 7, July 2011, Pages 851-863 PDF (614.56 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jpp.2011.85620 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Amal A. Helmy; Wafaa M. Sharawy; Hoda I. M. Ibrahim | ||
| Forage Crops Res., Dept., Field Crops Res. Inst., Agric. Res. Center, Giza, Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Two field experiments were conducted at Sids Experimental Agricultural Research Station, (ARC), in 2006/2007 and 2007/2008 seasons to (i) evaluate the performance of two varieties of barley as a multicut forage crop either in pure stand or intercropped with berseem and (ii) comparing berseem, barley and ryegrass as sole crops or intercropped to determine the best grass- legume combination for maximum yield and better forage quality. Total fresh forage yield of pure stand ryegrass was superior to those of barley cv. Giza 123 and barley cv. Giza 2000 by 13.61 and 15.03 t fed-1, respectively. Barley cv. Giza 123 outyielded Giza 2000 by 1.42 t fed-1. Total fresh forage yield of intercropped berseem with barley cv. Giza 123 surpassed those of berseem + barley cv. Giza 2000 and berseem in pure stand by 10.8 and 11.4 percent, respectively. Total fresh forage yield of berseem + ryegrass was lower by 3.96 t fed-1 than that of berseem + barley cv. Giza 123, but higher by 1.27 and 1.49 t fed-1 than those of berseem + barley cv. Giza 2000 and berseem in pure stand, respectively. Barley cv. Giza 123 was better companion with berseem than cv. Giza 2000. Ryegrass showed better stand persistence and duration than the barley. Total dry forage yield followed the same trend of fresh forage yield, but the magnitude of difference was greater. Intercropping of berseem with forage grasses lead to improve forage quality through balancing crude protein (cp), Total Digestible Nutrients (TDN) and Ca/P ratio. It could be concluded that to maximize forage yield and its quality per unit area by intercropping barley cv. Giza 123 and Egyptian clover 50%:50%. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Berseem; Egyptian clover (Trifolium alexanderinum; ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum; barley (Hordeum vulgare; L.); forage intercropping; quality | ||
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