Abstract:
The forage yield and quality of common vetch, hairy vetch, hungarian vetch and triticale grown alone and as mixtures of legume + triticale were investigated in Black Sea costal area in Samsun, Turkey in the 2002-2003 and 2003-2004 growing seasons. The experiment design was Randomized Block Design with three replications. The highest green forage (32.94 t ha-1), dry matter (6.23 t ha-1) and crude protein yields (1.06 t ha-1) were obtained from the mixture including 70% hairy vetch + 30% triticale. It was determined that 80% hairy vetch + 20% triticale mixture had the highest vetch rate in dry matter. The mean land equivalent ratio values of dry matter yield was 1.45. In conclusion, the 70% hairy vetch + 30% triticale mixture in arid seasons, 70% common vetch + 30% triticale in rainfall seasons can be recommended in the similar ecologies because of theirs high forage and crude protein yields.
Sebahattin Albayrak, Mustafa Guler and M.Ozgur Tongel, 2004. Effects of Seed Rates on Forage Production and Hay Quality of Vetch–triticale Mixtures. Asian Journal of Plant Sciences, 3: 752-756.
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