• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.228-236
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• 2004

Two varieties of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L cv. Pioneer and Beaver) and timothy (Phleum pratense L cv. Climax and Joliette), grown at different locations in Saskatchewan (Canada), were cut at three stages [1=one week before commercial cut (early bud for alfalfa; joint for timothy); 2=at commercial cut (late bud for alfalfa; pre-bloom head for timothy); 3=one week after commercial cut (early bloom for alfalfa; full head for timothy)]. The energy values of forages were determined using three approaches, including chemical (NRC 2001 formula) and biological approaches (standard in vitro and in situ assay). The objectives of this study were to determine the effects of forage variety and stage of maturity on energy values under the climate conditions of western Canada, and to investigate relationship between chemical (NRC 2001 formula) approach and biological approaches (in vitro and in situ assay) on prediction of energy values. The results showed that, in general, forage species (alfalfa vs. timothy) and cutting stage had profound impacts, but the varieties within each species (Pioneer vs. Beaver in alfalfa; Climax vs. Joliette in timothy) had minimal effects on energy values. As forage maturity increased, the energy contents behaved in a quadratic fashion, increasing at stage 2 and then significantly decreasing at stage 3. However, the prediction methods-chemical approach (NRC 2001 formula) and biological approaches (in vitro and in situ assay) had great influences on energy values. The highest predicted energy values were found by using the in situ approach, the lowest prediction value by using the NRC 2001 formula, and the intermediate values by the in vitro approach. The in situ results may be most accurate because it is closest to simulate animal condition. The energy values measured by biological approaches are not predictable by the chemical approach in this study, indicating that a refinement is needed in accurately predicting energy values.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.630-635
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• 2000

Previous research has not evaluated the effects of various rates and frequencies of manure application and frequencies of cutting on yield and stand persistence of cool-season grasses and alfalfa-grass mixtures. The primary objective of this study was to compare the effects of cutting management systems on herbage yield and stand persistence of orchardgrass (Dactylis glomerata L.) and an alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.)-orchardgrass mixture from various rates and frequencies of dairy slurry application. A randomized complete block design with treatments in a sub-subplot arrangement with four replicates was used. The main plot consisted of 2 cutting management systems (4 and 5 annual cuttings). The subplots were 9 fertility treatments: 7 slurry rate and frequency of application treatments, one inorganic fertilizer treatment, and an unfertilized control. The split-split-plots were the two forage species: orchardgrass and alfalfa-orchardgrass mixture. The study was initiated after 1st cutting in 1995. Cumulative yields of the 2nd and subsequent cuttings of both orchardgrass and alfalfa-orchardgrass in 1995 were higher for the 5-cutting system than the 4-cutting system. The 1995 growing season was abnormally dry. In 1996, an abnormally wet year, the reverse was true, total herbage yields being higher for the 4-cutting system than the 5-cutting system. Species response to fertility rate/frequency treatments was different in both years. Higher application rates early in the season and carryover of nutrients from late season applications the previous year appear to be responsible for the yield increases of those fertility treatments having significant yield differences between the cutting management systems. The stand ratings of orchardgrass were not affected by cutting management. In the spring of 1997, however, the stand ratings of alfalfa-orchardgrass in the 4-cutting management system were significantly greater than the 5-cutting management system. The very high manure application rate significantly reduced the stand ratings of alfalfa-orchardgrass in the 5-cutting system.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제12권5호
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• pp.766-771
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• 1999

The first paper of this series compared the effects of rates and frequencies of application of dairy slurry on herbage yields and stand persistence of orchardgrass (Dactylis glomerata L.), reed canarygrass (Phalaris arundinacea L.), and alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.)-grass mixtures managed as a 4-cutting system. This paper compares the effects of rates and frequencies of application of dairy slurry on herbage yield and stand persistence of alfalfa, orchardgrass, tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.), and alfalfa-orchardgrass mixture managed as a 5-cutting system. The results presented here are part of a larger study having a primary objective of comparing alfalfa, various grasses, and alfalfa-grass mixtures for utilizing nutrients from dairy slurry applied to established stands. A randomized complete block design with treatments in a split plot arrangement with four replicates was used. The main plots consisted of 9 fertility treatments: 7 slurry rate and frequency of application treatments, one inorganic fertilizer treatment, and an unfertilized control. The sub-plots were the forage species. Manure used for the study was composed from stored solids scraped from the alleyways of a free-stall dairy barn. Water was added to from a slurry having about 8 % solids. Slurry was pumped from the liquid spreader tank into 10.4 L garden watering cans for manual application to the plots. Herbage yields of alfalfa, tall fescue, and alfalfa-orchardgrass were generally not affected by slurry application rates and were not significantly different from the inorganic fertilizer treatment. Tall fescue significantly outyielded all other forage species at all manure and the inorganic fertilizer treatments in the second year when rainfall during the growing season was unusually high. Grasses generally had a greater response to manure applications than alfalfa and alfalfa-orchardgrass. Increasing rates of manure did not increase herbage yields of alfalfa and alfalfa-orchardgrass. Herbage yields within each species were not affected by frequency of application of the same total rate. Stand ratings of alfalfa, orcahrdgrass and alfalfa-orchardgrass were significantly lower for the very high manure application rate compared to the control treatment. Based upon the results of this study, multiple annual applications of slurry manure can be made onto these species at rates up to $1,700kg\;total\;N\;ha^{-1}\;yr^{-1}$ without detrimental effects on herbage yield and stand persistence.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.52-59
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• 2007

This study was carried out to select proper species for early stage replantation in cutting-slope area of the Baekdu Range roadside. In the cutting-slope area and upper forest area of the cutting-slope area, sample plots of 46 were selected and their vegetations and environmental factors were investigated. We found total 90 species in the 46 plots. We found Festuca arundinacea in 27 plots of the 46 plots. We also found Lespedeza bicolor in 26 plots, Eragrostis curvula in 22 plots, Artemisia princeps var. orientalis in 19 plots, Erigeron annuus and Pinus densiflora in 15 plots, Lactuca indica var. laciniata in 14 plots, Miscanthus sinensis in 13 plots, Oenothera odorata, Commelina communis, and Humulus japonicus in 11 plots, Lespedeza cuneata in 10 plots, Salix koreensis and Salix hulteni in 9 plots, Festuca rubra, Youngia denticulata, Aster scaber, and Festuca arundinacea in 8 plots, Chenopodium album var. centrorubrum in 7 plots, Patrinia villosa and Erigeron canadensis in 6 plots, and Setaria viridis, Digitaria sanguinalis, and Dactylis glomerata in 5 plots.The dominancy of Festuca arundinacea, Eragrostis curvula, Lespedeza bicolor, Miscanthus sinensis, Pinus densiflora, Festuca arundinacea, Festuca rubra, Artemisia princeps var. orientalis, Erigeron annuus, Lespedeza cuneata, Dactylis glomerata, Salix koreensis, Alnus hirsuta, Pueraria thunbergiana, Medicago sativa, Lactuca indica var. laciniata, and Digitaria sanguinalis were 13.41% 11.87%, 4.88%, 4.56%, 3.38%, 2.29%, 2.14%, 2.14%, 1.99%, 1.95%, 1.54%, 1.47%, 1.44%, 1.37%, 1.15%, 1.13%, 1.07% in the roadside cutting-slope, respectively. The dominancy of Rhododendron mucronulatum, Lindera obtusiloba, Rhus trichocarpa, Quercus mongolica, Lespedeza bicolor, Rhododendron schlippenbachii, and Quercus serrata 22.15%, 13.36%, 13.14%, 12.03%, 11.74%, 11.20%, and 11.14% in shrub layer of the upper forest area, respectively. The species of Rhododendron mucronulatum, Lindera obtusiloba, Rhus trichocarpa, Rhododendron schlippenbachii, Zanthoxylum schinifolium, Weigela subsessilis, Stephanandra incisa, Rhamnus davurica, Ligustrum obtusifolium, Lindera erythrocarpa, Rosa multiflora, Rubus coreanus, Symplocos chinensis for. pilosa, Smilax china, Prunus sargentii, and Staphylea bumalda may be more helpful in stabilizing of the cutting-slope area and making harmony with the surrounding forest area.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제14권12호
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• pp.1701-1704
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• 2001

The evaluation of structural carbohydrate losses and its effect on silages digestibility in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) and orchardgrass (Dactylis glomerata L.) was studied during 5, 21 and 56 days ensiling. About 70 and 60 kg fresh matter of the two forages were ensiled in 9 silos of 120 L capacity. The digestion trials were conducted in two phases using the two grasses in two $4{\times}4$ Latin square design according to the four treatments being the grass and the three silages. There were no differences in the DM and CP contents resulting from 5 to 56 days ensiling in both forages. The water-soluble carbohydrates (WSC), hemicelllose, pectin, and energy were slightly reduced and appeared lower in 56 days silage. The ether extract and cellulose contents slightly increased as the ensiling process advanced in the two species. Hemicellulose losses of 29 and 41 g/kg DM were obtained in alfalfa and orchardgrass, respectively, 56 days after ensiling. While the cellulose losses in both species were very little, compared to that for hemicellulose, the pectin losses, 56 days after ensiling were 15 and 12 g/kg DM in alfalfa and orchardgras respectively. The total structural carbohydrates lost (ie., hemicellulose + cellulose + pectin) in g/kg DM of fresh material forage ensiled, is about four fifths the amount lost by WSC, in alfalfa and about two thirds, in orchardgrass, by 21 days ensiling after the activity of microorganism terminated, indicating that appreciable amount was used as substrate for silage fermentation. Ensiling alfalfa and orchardgrass for 0, 5, 21 and 56 days maintained a decreasing trend of 83.8, 82.5, 79.3 and 78.9% digestibility in alfalfa and 80.5, 77.0, 77.1 and 76.4% digestibility in orchardgrass. While the digestibility of cellulose and ether extract increased in silage in both species, the digestible energy values in silage were reduced from 2.6 to 2.3 and 2.9 to 2.7 Mcal/kg DM respectively in alfalfa and orchard during 5-56 days ensiling.

• 한국환경생태학회지
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.30-55
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• 2022

본 연구에서는 경기도 파주시에 위치한 삼봉산 (282m), 자웅산 (263m) 지역을 중심으로 관속식물상 조사를 실시하였다. 2개 산지 식물상 조사결과, 94과 271속 383종 11아종 34변종 6품종으로 총 434분류군의 관속식물이 조사되었다. 분류군별로는 양치식물이 10과 24분류군, 나자식물이 2과 8분류군, 쌍자엽식물이 73과 322분류군, 단자엽식물이 9과 80분류군으로 확인되었다. 주요 식물은 특산식물 키버들, 세잎승마, 개나리, 오동나무, 백운산원추리 5분류군, 산림청 지정 희귀식물은 8분류군이 확인되었다. 취약종(VU)은 세잎승마, 왜박주가리, 금붓꽃이 확인되었고, 약관심종(LC)은 쥐방울덩굴, 금강제비꽃, 두루미천남성, 지치, 말나리가 확인되었다. 침입외래식물은 소리쟁이, 미국자리공, 유럽점나도나물, 끈끈이대나물, 흰명아주, 좀명아주, 일본목련, 개소시랑개비, 족제비싸리, 자주개자리, 아까시나무, 토끼풀, 애기땅빈대, 수박풀, 달맞이꽃 등 총 40분류군으로 조사되어, 조사식물 434분류군의 9.2%를 차지하였다. 이 지역은 취락시설과 가까운 산지들로서 특기할만한 식물들의 생태적인 보전·방안 및 대책수립이 진행되어야 할 것으로 판단된다.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제63권2호
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• pp.305-318
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• 2021

Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) is an important forage legume grown in Kansas, USA and its productivity with cool-season grasses however is unknown. The objective of this study was to determine the dry matter yield (DMY) and forage nutritive value of alfalfa-grass mixtures compared to those of alfalfa and grasses grown in monoculture with and without nitrogen fertilization. Three different alfalfa varieties were planted (reduced-lignin alfalfa, Roundup Ready, and conventional alfalfa) and two kinds of cool-season grasses (smooth brome, Bromus inermis Leyss, and tall fescue, Festuca arundinacea Schreb) were planted as a monoculture or in alfalfa-grass mixtures. Nitrogen fertilizer (urea) was applied at green-up at a rate of 56 kg/ha and after the second cutting at a rate of 56 kg/ha in 2016 and 2017, respectively. and control treatments received no nitrogen. DMY was significantly higher in monoculture alfalfa and alfalfa-grass mixtures than in grass monocultures. Between alfalfa monoculture and alfalfa-grass mixtures, no significant differences in DMY were found. For all treatments, nitrogen application significantly increased DMY compared to the control. In 2016 and 2017, the low-lignin alfalfa monoculture had the lowest acid detergent fiber (ADF) and the grass monocultures had the highest ADF. In 2016 and 2017, neutral detergent fiber (NDF) in smooth bromegrass and tall fescue was higher than in other species treatments. A low-lignin alfalfa monoculture had significantly lower NDF concentration compared to alfalfa-grass mixtures. When averaged over 2016 and 2017, relative feed value (RFV) was highest in low-lignin alfalfa and lowest in the grass monocultures. In both years, nitrogen fertilizer application did not affect nutritive values.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제12권5호
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• pp.758-765
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• 1999

Comparative studies of the effects of rates and frequency of application of dairy slurry on herbage yield and stand persistence of alfalfa and various forage grasses have not previously been conducted. The results being reported here are part of a larger study having a primary objective of comparing the effectiveness of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.), various grasses and alfalfa-grass mixtures for utilizing nutrients from applied dairy slurry. The objectives of this part of the study were to evaluate the effects of various rates and frequencies of application of slurry on herbage yield and stand persistence of orchardgrass (Dactylis glomerata L.), reed canarygrass (Phalaris arundinacea L.), and alfalfa-orchanrdgreass and alfalfa-reed canarygrass mixtures managed as a 4-cutting management system. A randomized complete block design with treatments in a split plot arrangement with four replicates was used. The main plots consisted of 9 fertility treatments: 7 slurry rate and time of application treatments, one inorganic fertilizer treatment, and an unfertilized control. The sub-plots consisted of the two grasses and two alfalfa-grass mixture mentioned above. Slurry was composed from stored solids scraped from the alleyways of a free-stall housing barn and water added to form a slurry having about 8% solids. Manure was pumped from a liquid spreader tank into 10.4 L garden water cans for manual application to the plots. Herbage yields within species were generally unaffected by various rates of application in the first production year. Herbage yields of grasses and alfalfa-grass mixtures the second year were generally not affected by frequency of application for the same rate of slurry applied. Slurry application resulted in greater herbage yield increases in grasses than alfalfa-grass mixtures in the 4-cutting management system. In general, herbage dry matter yields of grasses from the dairy slurry treatments equaled or exceeded yields from the inorganic fertilizer treatment. Stand ratings of grasses and alfalfa-grass mixtures were not changed by manure application rates. In this study, the highest rate of slurry ($967kg\;total\;N\;ha^{-1}$ in 1995 plus $2,014kg\;N\;ha^{-1}$ in 1996) was not detrimental to herbage yields or stand persistence of any of the species. It was concluded that applying dairy slurry to these cool-season grasses and alfalfa-grass mixtures managed in a 4-cutting system is an acceptable practice from the standpoint of herbage yield and satnd persistence and by doing so the utilization of inorganic fertilizers can be reduced.

• 한국습지학회지
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.67-80
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• 2005

2003년 4월부터 8월까지 경상북도 영천시 금호읍 황정리, 관정리, 구암리, 영천시 도남동에 속한 금호강 주변의 황정 습지에서 식생 구조를 조사하였다. 현존식생도에 나타난 군락은 달뿌리풀 군락, 물억새 군락, 버드나무-선버들 군락, 달뿌리풀-물억새 군락, 돼지풀 군락, 환삼덩굴 군락, 물억새-줄 군락, 달뿌리풀-갈대 군락, 갯버들-달뿌리풀 군락, 왕버들-버드나무 군락, 노랑어리연꽃-줄 군락, 줄-달뿌리풀 군락 등 총 12종류였는데, 군락별 분포 면적은 달뿌리풀 군락이 49.46 ha(11.03%)로 가장 넓고, 물억새 군락 15.32 ha(3.42%), 버드나무-선버들 군락 8.13 ha(1.81%), 달뿌리풀-물억새 군락 6.42 ha(1.43%) 등의 순이었으며, 줄-달뿌리풀 군락이 0.19 ha(0.04%)로서 가장 좁았다. 표조작에 사용된 식생 조사표상 상재도에 의해 구분할 수 있는 군락은 달뿌리풀 군락과 돼지풀 군락인데, 달뿌리풀 군락은 노랑어리연꽃 아군락 및 왕버들 아군락으로 구분되었다. 달뿌리풀 군락의 식별종은 달뿌리풀, 물억새, 고마리, 미나리, 겨풀, 개갓냉이 등이고, 돼지풀 군락의 식별종은 돼지풀, 금강아지풀, 닭의장풀, 쇠방동사니, 바랭이, 도꼬마리, 개망초, 망초, 매듭풀, 토끼풀, 자주개자리 등이며, 노랑어리연꽃 아군락의 식별종은 노랑어리연꽃, 줄, 큰고랭이, 물꼬챙이골 등이고, 왕버들 아군락의 식별종은 왕버들, 버드나무, 갯버들 등이었다. 황정 습지는 전형적인 하천 습지로서 비교적 보전 상태가 양호하나 습지 주변의 경작지(과수원)에서 배출되는 농약 등으로 인해 분포하는 식물의 생육에 영향을 받을 것으로 생각된다. 벼과와 버드나무속을 포함한 수생 및 습생 관속식물의 분포 면적이 넓은 황정 습지는 다양한 생물들의 서식처로 이용되고 아름다운 하천 경관을 제공하며 간접적으로 금호강의 수질 정화에 기여하므로 보존 가치가 있는 습지로 판단된다.

• 한국환경생태학회지
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.481-504
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• 2008

본 연구는 대구광역시 비슬산(1,083m)의 식물상을 조사하기 위해 수행되었다. 2006년 5월부터 2007년 10월까지 10회에 걸쳐 채집된 관속식물은 89과 302속 397종 1아종 59변종 11품종의 총 468분류군이 확인되었다. 한국특산식물은 자주꿩의다리, 매미꽃, 청괴불나무 등 17분류군, 환경부지정 법적 보호식물은 세뿔투구꽃의 1분류군, 산림청지정 희귀 및 멸종위기식물이 태백제비꽃, 나도개감채, 금강애기나리 등 6분류군으로 나타났다. 귀화식물은 34분류군으로 확인되었으며, 귀화율은 7.3%, 도시화지수는 12.2%로 나타났다. 본 조사에서 새롭게 확인된 식물은 160여 분류군이며, 이중에 귀화식물은 미국자리공, 금낭화, 다닥냉이, 잔개자리, 애기땅빈대, 돼지풀, 코스모스, 주홍서나물, 털별꽃아재비, 원추천인국, 방가지똥, 만수국아재비, 서양민들레, 나도바랭이, 큰김의털, 호밀풀, 자주닭개비 등 17분류군이 새롭게 추가되었다. 본 지역은 세뿔투구꽃을 포함한 보존가치가 많은 식물자원이 분포하고 있으나 무분별한 개발 행위와 많은 탐방객의 출입 등으로 자연파괴가 가속화될 우려가 있으므로 탐방객수 제한이나 자연휴식년제와 같은 관리계획이 수립되어야 할 것으로 판단된다.