Nutritive Value of Alopecurus Pratensis, Festuca Rubra, Arrhenatherum Elatius and Lolium Perenne Grown in the South of Belgium

Presenter Information

A. Nivyobizi, Catholic University of Louvain, BelgiumFollow
A. G. Deswysen, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium
D. Dehareng, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium
A. Peeters, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium
Y. Larondelle, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium

Description

In Europe, recent strategies have aimed at encouraging farmers to use production techniques more efficient in preserving the environment and maintaining natural areas. Those strategies have encouraged the use of secondary grass species in forage production systems. However, the nutritive value of those grasses is not well known. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to evaluate the energy and nitrogen values of Alopecurus pratensis (ALPR), Festuca rubra (FERU) and Arrhenatherum elatius (AREL) under moderate rates of nitrogen (N) application (60 kg N/ha per cut) and a hay-cutting regime (2 cuts/year: 25 May and 9 July). Lolium perenne cv. Bastion (LOPE) was used as a control. The first cut of ALPR was a mixture of 18 April and 25 May cuts.

Citation

Nivyobizi, A.; Deswysen, A. G.; Dehareng, D.; Peeters, A.; and Larondelle, Y., "Nutritive Value of Alopecurus Pratensis, Festuca Rubra, Arrhenatherum Elatius and Lolium Perenne Grown in the South of Belgium" (2023). IGC Proceedings (1993-2023). 91.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/20/satellitesymposium3/91