Influence of Association Type with Festuca Rubra L. on Forage Quality

Abstract

Forage quality has a great importance in animal nutrition and is much influenced by the floristic composition structure of the temporary pastures. Legumes play an important role in the production of nutritionally-balanced forage. Analyzing the values of some quality indices of forage (crude protein, crude cellulose, organic matter digestibility, lignin, hemicellulose, ash, ADF, NDF), we may observe a significant increase of these indices in the variants planted in association (Festuca rubra, Trifolium repens, Lotus corniculatus).

Keywords

• association type
• festuca rubra
• forage qulity