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| Pirhofer-Walzl , K.; Søegaard, Karen; Høgh-Jensen, Henning; Eriksen, Jørgen; Sanderson, M.A.; Rasmussen , Jim; Rasmussen, Jesper. |
| Provision of an adequate mineral supply in the diets of ruminants fed mainly on grassland herbage can present a challenge if mineral concentrations are suboptimal for animal nutrition. Forage herbs may be included in grassland seed mixtures to improve herbage mineral content, although there is limited information about mineral concentrations in forage herbs. To determine whether herbs have greater macro- and micromineral concentrations than forage legumes and grasses, we conducted a 2-year experiment on a loamy-sand site in Denmark sown with a multi-species mixture comprised of three functional groups (grasses, legumes and herbs). Herb species included chicory (Cichorium intybus L.), plantain (Plantago lanceolata L.), caraway (Carum carvi L.) and salad... |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: Crop combinations and interactions. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/19333/1/19333.pdf |
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| Pirhofer-Walzl, K.; Rasmussen , Jim; Høgh-Jensen, Henning; Eriksen, Jørgen; Soegaard, Karen; Rasmussen, Jesper. |
| Legumes play a crucial role in nitrogen supply to grass-legume mixtures for ruminant fodder. To quantify N transfer from legumes to neighbouring plants in multi-species grasslands we established a grass-legume-herb mixture on a loamy-sandy site in Denmark. White clover (Trifolium repens L.), red clover (Trifolium pratense L.) and lucerne (Medicago sativa L.) were leaflabelled with 15N enriched urea during one growing season. N transfer to grasses (Lolium perenne L. and xfestulolium), white clover, red clover, lucerne, birdsfoot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus L.), chicory (Cichorium intybus L.), plantain (Plantago lanceolata L.), salad burnet (Sanguisorba minor L.) and caraway (Carum carvi L.) was measured. Neighbouring plants contained greater amounts of N... |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: Crop combinations and interactions. |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/20645/4/20645.pdf |
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| Rasmussen , Jim; Søegaard, Karen; Pirhofer-Walzl, Karin; Eriksen, Jørgen. |
| Inclusion of forage legumes in low-input forage mixtures improves herbage production and soil fertility through addition of nitrogen (N) from N2-fixation. The impact of different grass-legume mixtures on the N contribution of the forage mixture has rarely been investigated under comparable soil and climatic conditions. We conducted a field experiment on a sandy soil at two nitrogen levels with seven two-species forage mixtures: alfalfa, bird’s-foot trefoil, red clover, or white clover in mixture with perennial ryegrass, and white clover in mixture with meadow fescue, timothy, or hybrid ryegrass. We found high N2-fixation of more than 300 kg N ha-1 from both red clover and alfalfa even when the two mixtures received 300 kg total-N ha-1 in cattle slurry.... |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: Pasture and forage crops. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/19451/4/19451.pdf |
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| Pirhofer-Walzl, K.; Eriksen, Jørgen; Rasmussen , Jim; Soegaard, Karen; Høgh-Jensen, Henning; Rasmussen, Jesper. |
| Aim is to ncrease of plant diversity has been suggested to enhance grassland productivity and resource use efficiency. Most studies on agricultural grasslands have focused on functional diversity of mixtures comprising legumes and non-legumes, but there is little knowledge of plant nutrient acquisition from deep- and shallow-rooted grassland plant species. To investigate whether deep-rooted (chicory: Cichorium intybus L.; Lucerne: Medicago sativa L.) and shallow-rooted (perennial ryegrass: Lolium perenne L.; white clover: Trifolium repens L.) grassland plant species differ in herbage yield and depth dependent soil N-access, we investigated in the field if 1) a mixture comprising shallow- and deep-rooted grassland plant species has greater herbage yields... |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: Crop combinations and interactions. |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/20647/4/20647.pdf |
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| Pirhofer-Walzl, Karin; Eriksen, Jørgen; Rasmussen , Jim; Høgh-Jensen, Henning; Søegaard, Karin; Rasmussen, Jesper. |
| Positive plant diversity-productivity relationships have been reported for experimental semi-natural grasslands (Cardinale et al. 2006; Hector et al. 1999; Tilman et al. 1996) as well as temporary agricultural grasslands (Frankow-Lindberg et al. 2009; Kirwan et al. 2007; Nyfeler et al. 2009; Picasso et al. 2008). Generally, these relationships are explained, on the one hand, by niche differentiation and facilitation (Hector et al. 2002; Tilman et al. 2002) and, on the other hand, by greater probability of including a highly productive plant species in high diversity plots (Huston 1997). Both explanations accept that diversity is significant because species differ in characteristics, such as root architecture, nutrient acquisition and water use efficiency,... |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: Crop husbandry; Biodiversity and ecosystem services; Environmental aspects. |
| Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/23296/1/PLANT%20AND%20sOIL.pdf |
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