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1977

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Experiments with increasing nitrogen rates (0-300 kg N/ha/year) were carried out from 1971 to 1974 on meadows situated on peat soils of different decomposition and mucking lev­els. Nitrogen fertilization resulted in higher nitrogen, magnesium and sodium contents in hay, while the copper content, which was alto­gether very low, decreased. Soil and ecological conditions, too, pro­duced a distinct effect on the nitrogen, magne­sium, sodium and copper contents in hay. The level of the above elements increased along with an increase of the decomposition and mucking levels of peat as well as with a decline in moisture content connected therewith.

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The effect of different levels of peat decomposition and nitrogen fertilization on the content of N, Mg, Na, and Cu in hay

Experiments with increasing nitrogen rates (0-300 kg N/ha/year) were carried out from 1971 to 1974 on meadows situated on peat soils of different decomposition and mucking lev­els. Nitrogen fertilization resulted in higher nitrogen, magnesium and sodium contents in hay, while the copper content, which was alto­gether very low, decreased. Soil and ecological conditions, too, pro­duced a distinct effect on the nitrogen, magne­sium, sodium and copper contents in hay. The level of the above elements increased along with an increase of the decomposition and mucking levels of peat as well as with a decline in moisture content connected therewith.