Publication Date
1993
Description
A three-strata forage system (TSFS) experiment was carried out for 5 years to study the role of grass and herbaceous legume (first stratum), shrub legume (second stratum), and fodder trees (third stratum) in sustaining soil fertility and food crop production in a dryland farming area in Bali. The completely randomised design consisted of 2 sloping farming systems (TSFS and traditional system) and 9 replications. Each 0.25 ha TSFS consisted of 0.16 ha core area for food crops, a 0.09 ha peripheral area for Cenchrus ciliaris, Panicum maximum, Stylosanthes guianensis cv. Graham, S. hamata cv. Verano and Centrosema pubescens and along 200 m of the circumference Gliricidia sepium and Leucaena leucocephala shrubs between Ficus poacellii, Lammea coromandilica and Hibiscus iiliaceus trees, In the traditional system (NTFS) only food crops were grown. Soil erosion in the TSFS was less, while soil organic matter and soil moisture were more than those of NTFS, In the past 3 years the decline in food crop yield of the TSFS treatment was less than that of NTFS.
Citation
Suarna, M; Nitis, I M.; Lana, K; Sukanten, W; and Putra, S, "Role of a Three-Strata Forage System in Sustaining Soil Fertility and Arable Crop Production" (2024). IGC Proceedings (1993-2023). 23.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/1993/session13/23
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Role of a Three-Strata Forage System in Sustaining Soil Fertility and Arable Crop Production
A three-strata forage system (TSFS) experiment was carried out for 5 years to study the role of grass and herbaceous legume (first stratum), shrub legume (second stratum), and fodder trees (third stratum) in sustaining soil fertility and food crop production in a dryland farming area in Bali. The completely randomised design consisted of 2 sloping farming systems (TSFS and traditional system) and 9 replications. Each 0.25 ha TSFS consisted of 0.16 ha core area for food crops, a 0.09 ha peripheral area for Cenchrus ciliaris, Panicum maximum, Stylosanthes guianensis cv. Graham, S. hamata cv. Verano and Centrosema pubescens and along 200 m of the circumference Gliricidia sepium and Leucaena leucocephala shrubs between Ficus poacellii, Lammea coromandilica and Hibiscus iiliaceus trees, In the traditional system (NTFS) only food crops were grown. Soil erosion in the TSFS was less, while soil organic matter and soil moisture were more than those of NTFS, In the past 3 years the decline in food crop yield of the TSFS treatment was less than that of NTFS.
