PJB-2024-204
THE EFFECTS OF SOME COMPANION CROP SPECIES, SEED QUANTITIES OF SPECIES AND HARVEST STAGES ON FORAGE QUALITY IN PASTURE ESTABLISHMENT
Hasan Beytullah DONMEZ
Abstract
This research was carried out as two separate trials established in two different years to determine the effects of different seed ratios and harvest times of different annual companion crop species on the forage quality of a pasture mixture under Mediterranean climate conditions. The field trials were established in a randomized complete block with a split-plot arrangement in three replications at the Research and Application area of Field Crops Department of Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey. According to the results of the study, the treatments with berseem clover as a companion crop had higher herbage quality than the treatments with barley and annual ryegrass as companion crop and gave forage quality equivalent to the control treatment without companion crop. Although a significant decrease was observed in the forage quality of the mixture with the advancement of the harvesting stage of the companion crop, the seed ratio of the companion crop did not make significant differences in the forage quality of the mixture. It was concluded that berseem clover can be used for artificial pasture in the conditions of Mediterranean climate in terms of high forage quality and the harvesting stage should not be delayed.
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