scholarly journals Research Concerning the Structure and Functioning of Low-Input Grassland Systems

2011 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Florin PĂCURAR ◽  
Ioan ROTAR ◽  
Anca BOGDAN ◽  
Roxana VIDICAN
Keyword(s):  
Plant Diversity ◽  
Organic Fertilizers ◽  
Festuca Rubra ◽  
Agrostis Capillaris ◽  
Traditional Use ◽  
Apuseni Mountains ◽  
Low Input ◽  
Grassland Type ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Grassland Types

The organic fertilizers’ application and the traditional use for long periods of time have influenced the rich plant diversity in Apuseni Mountains, Romania. The objective of this study was to identify the effect of manure’s application upon the plant diversity and productivity of Festuca rubra L. –Agrostis capillaris L. grasslands. The experimental field evaluated four variants (V1: control, V2: 10 t ha-1 manure, V3: 20 t ha-1 manure, V4: 30 t ha-1 manure). After ten years, important changes at the sward level were observed. The control’s phytocenosis is naturally represented by Festuca rubra L. - Agrostis capillaris L. grassland type. Then, following the application of organic fertilizers, Trisetum flavescens L. - Agrostis capillaris L. appeared. The large quantities of organic fertilizers produced a considerable limitation on plant diversity. The applied treatments do not produce any important improvement of the grassland types’ agronomic value. Taking account the influence of organic fertilizers upon the DM yield, plant diversity and agronomic value, it is considered that the treatment with 10 t ha -1 manure annually applied produces optimum changes and might be taken into consideration for the low-input systems in Apuseni Mountains

scholarly journals Research on the Influence of Organic Fertilizing and Mulching on Productivity and Phytodiversity on Oligotrophic Grasslands

2013 ◽  
Vol 70 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-54
Author(s):  
Ágnes BALáZSI ◽  
Ioan ROTAR ◽  
Florin PÄ‚CURAR ◽  
Roxana VIDICAN ◽  
Anca BOGDAN
Keyword(s):  
Dry Matter ◽  
Floristic Composition ◽  
Organic Fertilizers ◽  
Festuca Rubra ◽  
Floristic Diversity ◽  
Dry Matter Yield ◽  
Agrostis Capillaris ◽  
Time Intervals ◽  
Apuseni Mountains ◽  
Grassland Type

Organic fertilizers have an influence on the floristic composition of grasslands. Fertilizing with manure favours the phytodiversity of grasslands. The objective of the study was to follow the influence of mulching and organic fertilizing in small quantities and at various time intervals upon dry matter yield and phytodiversity of Agrostis capillaris L. - Festuca rubra L. grassland type in the Apuseni Mountains. Seven treatments  ( control  ( mowed 1/year ) ; mulch 1/year; mulch 1/year + 5 t/ha manure /year; mulch 1/year + 5 t/ha manure/2 years; mulch 1/year + 10 t/ha manure/2 years; mulch 1/year + 10 t/ha manure/3 years; abandonment )  were evaluated experimentally. Organic fertilizing in low quantities could be a way to maintain the floristic diversity of oligotrophic grasslands in Apuseni Mountains.

scholarly journals The Influence of Different Type of Management upon the Floristic Structure of Grasslands Systems, with Special Attention on Arnica montana L.

2013 ◽  
Vol 70 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-35
Author(s):  
Didier HUYGENS ◽  
Ioan ROTAR ◽  
Roxana VIDICAN ◽  
Florin PÄ‚CURAR ◽  
Lucien CARLIER ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dry Matter ◽  
Floristic Composition ◽  
Organic Fertilizers ◽  
Festuca Rubra ◽  
Floristic Diversity ◽  
Agrostis Capillaris ◽  
Time Intervals ◽  
Apuseni Mountains ◽  
Grassland Type ◽  
Floristic Structure

Organic fertilizers have an influence on the floristic composition of grasslands. Fertilizing with manure favours the phytodiversity of grasslands. The objective of the study was to follow the influence of mulching and organic fertilizing in small quantities and at various time intervals upon dry matter yield and phytodiversity of Agrostis capillaris L. - Festuca rubra L. grassland type in the Apuseni Mountains. Seven treatments  ( witness  ( mowed 1/year ) ; mulch 1/year; mulch 1/year + 5 t/ha manure /year; mulch 1/year + 5 t/ha manure/2 years; mulch 1/year + 10 t/ha manure/2 years; mulch 1/year + 10 t/ha manure/3 years; abandonment )  were evaluated experimentally. Organic fertilizing in low quantities could be a way to maintain the floristic diversity of oligotrophic grasslands in Apuseni Mountains.

scholarly journals The Cumulative Effect of Manure on a Festuca Rubra Grasslands for 15 Years

2017 ◽  
Vol 74 (2) ◽  
pp. 126
Author(s):  
Ioana VAIDA ◽  
Ioan ROTAR ◽  
Florin PACURAR
Keyword(s):  
Cumulative Effect ◽  
Floristic Composition ◽  
Shannon Index ◽  
Organic Fertilizers ◽  
Festuca Rubra ◽  
Apuseni Mountains ◽  
Yield Production ◽  
Rigorous Research ◽  
Natural Grasslands ◽  
Significant Yield

Over time, studies of the vegetation of natural grasslands have evolved from simple observations to rigorous research. Feed obtained from natural meadows without major technological imputations is mediocre in quality, and pastures in a rather advanced state of degradation. The main purpose of this paper is the ecological and fodder evaluation of the Festuca rubra type of grasslands in the Apuseni Mountains based on the floristic composition and the productivity of these grasslands. The experience was carried out in Ghetari village, Apuseni Mountains, which was located in 2001, following the method of randomized blocks with 4 experimental variants in 4 rehearsals. Each variant were fertilized with organic inputs using the same quantities each year. In the paper we use the results obtained after 15 years of experience. The application of organic fertilizers caused significant changes in the canopy causing changes in the dominance of the type of grassland. The livestock manure applied on the studied grassland has increases significant yield production at all variants of fertilization.In this paper it was shown on which species the productivity of the grassland increased from the control variant to the fertilized variant with the maximum dose. Regarding the analysis of the phytodiversity, this tells us if the number of species is reduced in all the treatments, 10 t/ha of manure leads to an increase in phytocoenosis equivalence and implicitly to the Shannon index.

scholarly journals Description of the Agrostis Capillaris L. - Festuca Rubra L. Grassland Type

2010 ◽  
Vol 67 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Florin PĂCURAR ◽  
Ioan ROTAR ◽  
Nicoleta GÂRDA ◽  
Anca BOGDAN
Keyword(s):  
Festuca Rubra ◽  
Floristic Diversity ◽  
Agrostis Capillaris ◽  
Grassland Type

The Agrostis capillaris-Festuca rubra’s phytocenosis has a floristic diversity between 20 - 52 species and it is characterised as mesophilous, moderate acidophilous, moderate nitrophilous and medium resistant for mowing, treading and grazing.

scholarly journals Effect of legume proportion and physiological age on forage quality and the suitability of Agrostis capillaris L. and Festuca rubra L. for silage making

2011 ◽  
Vol 50 (No. 7) ◽  
pp. 315-323
Author(s):  
H. Laser ◽  
W. Opitz von Boberfeld
Keyword(s):  
Nutritive Value ◽  
Lotus Corniculatus ◽  
Physiological Age ◽  
High Yield ◽  
Festuca Rubra ◽  
Agrostis Capillaris ◽  
Fresh Matter ◽  
Intensively Managed ◽  
Positive Effect ◽  
Plot Design

The chemical and physical properties of herbage from low-input grassland usually differ from plant material of intensively managed swards. The experiment in split-plot design with four replicates was carried out to examine, whether legume proportions and the physiological age of herbage are relevant to fermentability of herbage. Lotus corniculatus did not increase nitrate concentrations sufficiently in Festuca rubra and most Agrostis capillaris swards to be able to avoid clostridial fermentation. However, Lotus corniculatus reduced the WSC/BC ratio of the grasses grown in mixture and that of the complete herbage of the mixtures. A late first cut in summer had an unexpected positive effect on the WSC/BC ratio of the grasses in pure stands, though reduced nutritive value of silages made from plants of advanced maturity stages are in all probability because of low energy concentrations in the fresh matter even with high yield proportions of the legume. Absence of fertilisation and late utilisation do not affect the chemical requirements for the fermentation process of grass-rich herbage in principle. However, silage making under these conditions is very demanding concerning ensilage technique: it may be necessary to use nitrate additives and higher fibre contents makes it more difficult to compact herbage.

scholarly journals The Influence of Different Type of Management upon the Floristic Structure of Grasslands Systems, with Special Attention on Arnica montana L.

2013 ◽  
Vol 70 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-46
Author(s):  
Adriana MOREA ◽  
Ioan ROTAR ◽  
Roxana VIDICAN ◽  
Florin PÄ‚CURAR ◽  
Anamaria MÄ‚LINAȘ
Keyword(s):  
Plant Diversity ◽  
Soil Type ◽  
Mineral Fertilizers ◽  
Apuseni Mountains ◽  
Management Actions ◽  
Organic And Mineral Fertilizers ◽  
Natural Grasslands ◽  
Mountainous Landscape ◽  
Floristic Structure ◽  
Future Management

The maintenance of semi-natural grasslands within the mountainous landscape is deeply influenced by fertilization. Application of fertilizer will cause changes in the chemical composition of the plant and will increase the palatability, decreasing the denials. One should apply fertilizers taking into account the way of exploitation of the grassland. If the grasslands are grazed, much of the nutrients return into the meadow by manure, fattening being more important than on mowed lawns where all the nutrients taken from plants are exported. The aim of this paper was to assess the influence of organic and mineral fertilizers upon semi-natural grassland’s plant diversity on different soil types. The research was carried out in Apuseni Mountains, in an experimental field with one experience with organic fertilizers  ( T1 control, T2 10 t ha-1manure, T3 20 t ha-1 manure, T4 30 t ha-1 manure ) . Mineral fertilizers complex NPK 20:10:10 ratio was applied in three quantities: 50N 25P 25 K, 100N 50P 50K, and 150N 75P 75 K. The results showed that the largest quantities of mineral fertilizers generated a considerable decrease of plant diversity. For future management actions that are meant to maintain plant diversity in Apuseni Mountains, the organic fertilization with 10 t ha-1 manure quantities administrated annually or once on two years. In conclusion is justified to make organic treatments on Preluvosol Rodic soil type and mineral treatments on Eutricambosol Rendzinic soil type.

scholarly journals Respuestas fotosintéticas de especies pascícolas crecidas en monocultivo y en cultivo mixto a la interacción de la concentración de CO2 y la sequía

2010 ◽  
Vol 5 (9) ◽  
pp. 20-30
Author(s):  
Angela P. Salamanca R.
Keyword(s):  
Trifolium Repens ◽  
Trifolium Pratense ◽  
Festuca Rubra ◽  
Agrostis Capillaris ◽  
Trifolium Pratense L ◽  
Trifolium Repens L

El presente artículo recoge los resultados de una investigación relacionada con los efectos del cambio climático en especies pascícolas: leguminosas (Trifolium repens L. y Trifolium pratense L.) y gramíneas (Agrostis capillaris L. y Festuca rubra L.), bajo condiciones de estrés hídrico y a la  concentración actual de CO2 (370ppm) o a la que se prevé para el futuro (740ppm). Así mismo, los estudios se desarrollaron tanto en competencia mono específica como en competencia mixta. Para llevar a cabo este objetivo, se realizaron las siguientes determinaciones: se analizaron los parámetros fotosintéticos de asimilación (A), conductancia estomática (gs), concentración interna de CO2 (Ci), transpiración instantánea (E) y eficiencia instantánea en el uso del agua (ITE) bajo las diferentes condiciones de crecimiento. Nuestros resultados muestran que en condiciones de sequía y a CO2 ambiental las especies pascícolas reducen la respuesta a los parámetros de intercambio gaseoso. Por otro lado, ocurre un descenso del crecimiento asociado a la caída de la asimilación y al descenso del estado hídrico de la planta. Además, las plantas reducen la tasa de transpiración por cierre estomático lo que conlleva un incremento de la ITE. Bajo condiciones de elevado CO2, la reducción del crecimiento que la sequía provoca es inferior, como resultado de tasas fotosintéticas más elevadas, ITE superior, menor transpiración y en consecuencia mayores producciones de PS por planta. Las especies más tolerantes a la sequía cuando están en competencia intraespecifica son las gramíneas (A. capillaris y  F. rubra) y cuando la competencia es interespecifica la especie tolerante es el T. pratense. Todo ello pone de manifiesto que bajo nuestras condiciones de estudio el elevado CO2 tiene efectos beneficiosos sobre la fisiología de las especies pascícolas e  incrementa la tolerancia a la sequía, pero que dicha respuesta depende, además, de las condiciones de competencia en que se desarrollen.

scholarly journals Mineral Fertilization with UAN on Natural Grassland Festuca rubra L. with Agrostis capillaries L.

2016 ◽  
Vol 73 (2) ◽  
pp. 300
Author(s):  
Ioan Rotar ◽  
Mirela Cirebea ◽  
Roxana Vidican ◽  
Florin Păcurar ◽  
Anamaria Mălinaş ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Soil Nutrient ◽  
Floristic Composition ◽  
Mineral Fertilizers ◽  
Festuca Rubra ◽  
Fertilizer Management ◽  
Forage Production ◽  
Mineral Fertilization ◽  
Liquid Fertilizer ◽  
Grassland Type ◽  
Natural Grassland

An important part of efficient livestock production is ensuring the sufficient grass for hay and pasture. However, low soil nutrient levels often limit forage production. With good fertilizer management and soil fertility, the productivity of many hay and pasture fields can be greatly improved. Through good fertilizer management, the productivity of many hay and pasture fields can be significantly improved by Ross H. McKenzie (2005). The aim of this paper was the effect of fertilization with liquid fertilizer (UAN) the harvest of dry and floristic composition changing on natural grassland. The experiment whose results we present was placed in 2014 in the place in Baisoara Mountain village, Cluj County. Experience has been placed on the Festuca rubra and Agrostis capillaries - of grassland type. The natural grassland of Festuca rubra with Agrostis capillaries responded very well to mineral fertilizers with liquid fertilizer UAN. The floristic composition of natural grassland fertilized with liquid fertilizers based on nitrogen, it can be seen an increase the Gramineae families and an evidence downward trend from Fabaceae families.

scholarly journals Influence of the Management on the Phytocoenotic Biodiversity of Some Romanian Representative Grassland Types

2011 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 119
Author(s):  
Vasile VÂNTU ◽  
Costel SAMUIL ◽  
Ioan ROTAR ◽  
Alexandru MOISUC ◽  
Iosif RAZEC
Keyword(s):  
Trifolium Repens ◽  
Poa Pratensis ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Organic Fertilizers ◽  
Agrostis Capillaris ◽  
Pastoral Area ◽  
Yield And Quality ◽  
Grassland Ecosystems ◽  
Calamagrostis Epigeios

The pastoral area of Romania, covering of over 4.8 million ha, has been influenced, over the last decades, by natural and human factors, which affect the normal functioning of the grassland ecosystem. The aim of this paper is to point out the dynamics of phytocoenotic biodiversity, as a result of applying grassland technical measures, in order to improve the yield and quality of grassland ecosystems with minimum effects on the environment. Therefore, the main aim of our study is to establish a positive relationship between biodiversity and the optimum quantity of organic fertilizers, which would improve the quality and quantity of the yield, without diminishing the floristic biodiversity. In the case of the studied grasslands, the phytocenotic biodiversity is influenced by the type of fertilization, the used rates and by the soil and climatic conditions. These grasslands may be improved by manure fertilization and reasonable usage, if proper management is applied. In Gradinari, Caras-Severin county, the dominant species are Festuca rupicola and Calamagrostis epigeios, in Magurele, Brasov county, Agrostis capillaris, Festuca pratensis, Poa pratensis and Trifolium repens, and in Pojorata, Suceava county, Agrostis capillaris, Trisetum flavescens, Trifolium repens and T. pratense species. The highest number of identified species (43) has been recorded by the meadow made up of Agrostis capillaris and Festuca rubra, from Pojorata, Suceava county.

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