Analysis of yields and botanical composition of meadow sward changes under foliar and soil fertilisation with nitrogen
Halina Jankowska-Huflejt
Instytut Melioracji i Użytków Zielonych, Zakład Łąk i Pastwisk w Falentach, ul. Hrabska 3, 05-090 Raszyn, PolandAbstract
The aim of the conducted study was a comparison of the influence of foliar and soil fertilisation with urea on botanical changes of meadow sward. During the years 2001–2004 the study on 3-cut permanent meadow on mineral-boggy soil and on organic soil was conducted. The experiment established in randomized blocks design in four replications comprised 7 fertilisation treatments: 1. „0”, 2. PK, 3. PKN, 4. PKN + urea to soil, 5. PKN + foliar urea, 6. PKN + urea to soil + MgSO4, 7. PKN + urea foliar + MgSO4. Every year the following were applied: P2O5 – 60 kg/ha, K2O – 120 kg/ha, N – 70 kg/ha ammonium nitrate (as stable background for all combinations apart from „0” and PK) and 60 kg/ha urea (3 x 20 kg/ha), MgSO4 - 9 kg/ha (3 x 3 kg/ha). Botanical composition of sward in I cut was evaluated by botanical-weight method. On both objects Alopecurus pratense and Poa pratensis L. dominated. The range of botanical composition changes of sward on mineral soil was small: participation of grasses decreased by 0–8%, instead on organic soil up to 40% on control (0) and by 25% on treatment 2. The space on mineral soil was replaced mainly by Taraxacum officinale F.H.Wigg., and on organic soil largely Ranunculus repens L., Taraxacum officinale F.H.Wigg. and Lychnis flos-cuculi L. The development of valuable grasses was stimulated more by urea applied to leaves than to soil.
Instytut Melioracji i Użytków Zielonych, Zakład Łąk i Pastwisk w Falentach, ul. Hrabska 3, 05-090 Raszyn, Poland
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