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The study of the floristic composition of Nardus stricta grasslands improved through fertilisation, amendment and resowing for 18 years points out a structural change of the vegetal cover compared to the initial state of the floristic composition. During this time interval, the share of Nardus stricta dropped from 40 to 14% in the variants grazed rationally (without treatments), from 40 to 4% in the variant fertilised with NPK and grazed, and from 40% to the total disappearance of the species in the variants fertilised with NPK, amended, and re-sowed. The species Nardus stricta was replaced by high-fodder value species such as Agrostis capillaris, Poa pratensis, and Trifolium repens. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the conditions of the Banat's Plain (Romania), chicory can be an important fodder crop well adapted to the climate conditions in the area. Research results show that this species is positively influenced by the use of chemical or organic fertilisers. Applying nitrogen fertilisers on a yearly basis at rates of N50-100 lead, in the second vegetation year, to productions higher with 22-34% than in the control variant (no fertilisation). The remnant effect of animal manure was obvious in the second year of application too, when we obtained, at a rate of 40 t/ha, an increase of 26% compared to the control variant. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The nutritive value of the fodder from Nardus stricta grasslands improved through fertilisation, amendment, and resowing was pointed out by some quality indices as ADF, NDF, ADL, DDM, DMO, and DMI. The values of these nutrition indices allowed the determination of a statistic assessment index called relative fodder value (RFV). Depending on the treatments applied, RFV ranged between 109 and 123 in 2011 and between 110 and 115 in 2012. The large number of quality indices assessed allowed the study of the correlation between these indices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper presents the influence of bacterial inoculation of perennial legumes (alfalfa, bird's-foot trefoil) in pure culture and cultivated in association with perennial gramineae on fodder yield, fodder quality, and atmospheric nitrogen-fixing ability. Results point out an increase of 10-12% of the yield of dry matter in the variants inoculated. Bacterial inoculation with specific bacterial stems (Sinorhizobium meliloti and Mezorhizobium loti) has a positive influence on fodder quality too, materialised in the raw protein content and the amount of nitrogen fixed biologically. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper points out the impact of some fodder systems based on Italian ray grass (Lolium multiflorum L.) - nitrogen balance - depending on the fodder system and on type of fertilisation. Introducing legume species even in the variants not fertilised with nitrogen, though increasing the amount of nitrogen exported through fodder biomass, also results in a decrease of the nitrogen deficit in the soil for the crops to following the crop rotation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Study results show that over 70% of the permanent grasslands are affected by soil acidity and moisture excess. In addition, 54% of the floristic structure of these grasslands is made up of invasive species of no value as fodder plants. Among these species, (common) bracken (Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn) has spread extensively these 20 years, covering about 20% of the floristically degraded grassland areas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]