Publication Date
1997
Description
Oats were interseeded with a number of annual legumes and monitored for forage production in 1994 and 1995. Forage was harvested when oat plants reached the soft dough stage. Subsamples were collected and analyzed for forage quality, acid detergent fiber (ADF), neutral detergent fiber (NDF), crude protein (CP), and relative feed. Fall herbage production was also monitored. Interseeding an annual legume into oat hay did not increase forage yield. When averaged over two-years, only Austrian winter peas and Maple peas produced significantly higher CP levels than the non-interseeded control. Similarly, only Austrian winter peas produced significantly higher RFV and lower ADF values than the non-interseeded control over a two-year period. Only Multicut berseem clover produced significant fall regrowth.
Citation
Dovel, R L. and Bohle, M, "Annual Legumes in Small Grain Production Systems" (2024). IGC Proceedings (1989-2023). 15.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/1997/session19/15
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Annual Legumes in Small Grain Production Systems
Oats were interseeded with a number of annual legumes and monitored for forage production in 1994 and 1995. Forage was harvested when oat plants reached the soft dough stage. Subsamples were collected and analyzed for forage quality, acid detergent fiber (ADF), neutral detergent fiber (NDF), crude protein (CP), and relative feed. Fall herbage production was also monitored. Interseeding an annual legume into oat hay did not increase forage yield. When averaged over two-years, only Austrian winter peas and Maple peas produced significantly higher CP levels than the non-interseeded control. Similarly, only Austrian winter peas produced significantly higher RFV and lower ADF values than the non-interseeded control over a two-year period. Only Multicut berseem clover produced significant fall regrowth.
