Systèmes sylvopastoraux. Pour un environnement, une agriculture et une économie durables
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Giorgio, V.
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Summary: the the effects of times
15 and 20 cm) and two cutting heights (close to the at 5 cm) studied on the main quantitative
and qualitative yield of two the sainfoin
viciaefolia L.).
the species, despite the by cocksfoot in the the cutting at a
height of 15 cm gave the yields, and good
contents.
the cutting heights, the obtained in the close to the words: sainfoin, cocksfoot, yield, quality.
to be completely
20 no
a phase of advanced specialization to go back to small
to to the extent of the
to to
in
to to extend the knowledge in this field, by
testiqg the and
is, indeed, well-known that the changes in
may have a significant effect on et
al., et Ciotti, 1991; Vecchiettini et al., 1991), well as cycle length and on the
The site
in in
in the two (1 992 and 1993)
in 4" 39' longitude, 122 m a.s.1).
in Table
Lithic to
The climate is an
-
FAO clas-sification),in
of 458.9 mm in
1992 and 5 11.4 in in
that 1 and about 0.6 "C in
in effective in (81.8 mm) and in June (79.0 mm) ; the
in both in the
in July.
in (93.8 mm), in
Treatments and experimental design
l 15 and 20 cm height) and two cutting heights (close to the in the field on a
conditions, -on two
the CV. Vala) and the
L., CV.
Sowing was 3 to 5 1, in 6
spacing of 15 cm; 80
applied in autumn; a t the ploughing time, and 40 kg.ha-1 of N, applied only to cocksfoot as top
as the
of 1,000
at 105 "C till a constant weight and the 80 "C
Table 2 the
the ability to achieve the best yields-in
of 5, and 3 against 3 and 2 of the
was effected.
the cutting times at
10 cm; as a whole, the seems to show the best yieldquality balance.
effect on the growth of cuttings, which
was equal, to the one obtained when
at 5 cm.
the
Always in the sainfoin, the a X
significant) (fig. 1) show that the cutting at 15 cm height exceeded the one at 20 cm in the the
in as the
the close to the of
in the in the
second one (Table 3), when it at
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5 , 4 and 3 with acceptable yields both in size
to
in of this to
it is not yet possible to
of,these two
in cocksfoot and in sainfoin, although to 15 cm cutting time it
to be obtained.
to to be
well-defined in both species since it in of yields but also
in
Table 1. cal and hydrological soil characteristics experimentalfield
Shells
95.8% Fine soil
4.2%
Coarse sand
7.4%
20.6%
Silt
51.2%
Clay
21.1%
Fine sand
2.9%
Total N O. 134%
Organic matter 2.37%
Available 51 PPm
Exchangeable 715 ppm
Water field capacity (0.03 30.68%
Wilting point 18.26%
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Student
-
Newman-
(p 5 0.05) .Student
-
Newman-
test (P 0.05)*ANOVA effected only on the of 1992.
1 8 8 2 . i a s 3
Cavallero A., Ciotti A., 1991. dell'utilizzaziòne e di
Corleto A., 1985. da vicenda di Agronomia (2-3):122-136.
A., F., 1976. alla asciutta in di
Agronomia (1-2):122-127.
Onofrii Tomasoni, C., Berardo, 1987. monofiti di nella ed epoche di sfalcio.
Soil Taxonomy, 1975. A basic System of Soil ClassiJication and US
of 436,754 p.
Vecchiettini Cinti F., Gaspari F., Giardini A., 1991. dell'epoca di taglio sulla e sulla qualità del di mazzolina glomerata e coda di topo
Agronomia 25 (2): 253-262.
Agfonomia 25 (2): 81-126.
have equally to this by the
