Forage yield and nutrient value in the mixture of triticale and legume in the farming-pastoral ecotone of Xiahe
[Objective]To establish the optimum mixture model of triticale and legumes in the farming-pastoral ecotone of Xiahe.[Method]This research was conducted to study the production performance and nutrition quality of three kinds of legumes (Canadian forage peas,Qinghai common vetch and 'Lvjian No.1') mixed with triticale vari-ety 'Gannong No. 2 at different ratios (0∶100,20∶80,30∶70,40∶60,50∶50,60∶40,70∶30,80∶20,100∶0),respec-tively.[Result]The combination of Gannong No. 2 and Canadian forage peas,had the lowest average ADF content (31.57%)and highest comprehensive evaluation value (0.954). The triticale height (137.00 cm),legume forage height (121.78 cm) and EE content (2.76%) were the highest in the combination of Gannong No. 2 and 'Lvjian No.1' vetch,.From the signal factor of mixed ratios,the three kinds of legumes mixed with Gannong No.2 at a ratio of 30∶70,both the average hay yield (13.7598 t/hm²) and the comprehensive evaluation value (0.687) were the highest. In contrary,from the interaction of mixture combination and ratios,Qinghai common vetch mixed with Gan-nong No. 2,at a ratio of 30∶70,hay yield (15.69 t/hm²) was high and comprehensive evaluation value was the high-est (0.706) while at a ratio of 20∶80,the hay yield was the highest (16.45 t/hm²) and comprehensive evaluation value was high (0.633).[Conclusion]Therefore,in the farming-pastoral ecotone of Xiahe,the best mixture model was Qinghai common vetch mixed with Gannong No. 2 at a ratio of 30∶70 or 20∶80.
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