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International Conference on Agricultural Science and Business - ICASAB, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria, 10 - 12 May 2018, pp.39, (Summary Text)
This research was conducted to see the growth of Hungarian vetch and hairy vetch along with the cultivation of annual grasses that would be an option for mixed cropping with legumes and forage grasses, which would be a way to provide high yield and quality forage production from the unit area, and also check the variation among yields according to simple cropping. The research was established in flower pots using randomized complete block design with 3 replications. In the experiment; 1, 2, 4 numbers of annual grasses, Hungarian vetch and hairy vetch along with their double mixture were obtained from per flower pot. The effects of simple and mixed cropping on vegetative (plant height, number of branches, total dry and green weights, and root weight) and nutritional (NDF, ADF, ADL, total fiber, ratio of crude protein and crude ash, and the digestibility of dry and organic matters) characteristics have been examined. According to obtained data, total dry and green weights along with root mass have been increased as the number of plants per flower pot enhanced. This increase was particularly appeared in mixed cropping. The ratios of NDF, ADF and fiber decreased, while the ratios of crude protein and crude ash along with the digestibility of hay have been increased in mixed cropping of legumes with forage grasses. The ratios of NDF and ADF increased, while the ratio of crude protein and crude ash of hay have been decreased in mixed cropping of forage grasses with legumes. It is concluded that the winter cultivation of annual grasses along with the mixture of hairy vetch and Hungarian vetch, and the presence of 1 vetch along with 2 or 4 perennial grasses would be suitable to provide more organic matter to soil and also for obtaining high hay production.