红三叶N、P、K、Ca、Mg元素含量与动态研究

本文研究了红三叶（Trifoliumpratense）各器官在不同生育期N、P、K、Ca、Mg等元素的含量，目的在于揭示其各器官对N、P、K、Ca、Mg的积累能力、对不同元素的选择性吸收以及N、P、K、Ca、Mg在各器官的季节动态。结果表明：红三叶不同器官对各元素的积累能力不同，N：叶＞花＞根＞茎；P：花＞叶＞根＞茎；K和Ca：叶＞花＞茎＞根；Mg：根＞叶＞茎＞花。不同器官对元素选择性吸收系列不同，根为N＞K＞Ca＞Mg＞P；茎：N＞Ca＞K＞Mg＞P；叶：N＞Ca＞K＞P＞Mg；花：N＞Ca＞K＞P＞Mg；红三叶是一种典型的N－Ca型植物。此外，K、P、K、Ca、Mg在根、茎、叶、花中的动态变化有6种基本类型，Ⅰ－渐增型（／）、Ⅱ－递减型（＼）、Ⅲ－U型、Ⅳ－∩型、Ⅴ－增波型（～）、Ⅳ－降波型（～）。     

白三叶草营养动态的研究

影响白三叶草营养成分的因素有品种，不同收割时期，不同部位─—茎和叶，不同海拔高度等。本文就影响白三叶草营养价值的各种因素进行了探讨。     

刈割次数、施肥量及混播比例对牛鞭草和白三叶混播草地牧草品质的影响

在不同刈割频率、施肥量和混播比例下,对混播草地牛鞭草Hemarthria compressa和白三叶Triflium re-pen不同种群产量、地下生物量及分蘖数进行了研究。试验表明,刈割4次牧草蛋白质的收获量与刈割5次的差异不显著(P>0.05),而酸性洗涤纤维的收获量各处理间差异极显著(P<0.01),其中以刈割4次的最高,为1 135.1 g/m2。当刈割次数适当时,牛鞭草粗蛋白的收获量随着施肥量和禾草混播比例的增加而提高。     

丛枝菌根真菌群落对白三叶草植株生物量磷吸收和土壤磷酸单酯酶活性的影响

丛枝菌根真菌(AMF)在土壤与植物的磷素循环中发挥着关键的作用。采用盆栽实验研究了丛枝菌根真菌群落对白三叶草植株生物量、磷吸收和土壤磷酸单酯酶活性的影响。结果表明,接种不同AMF群落均能显著地促进白三叶草植株的生长及其对磷素的吸收,提高根际土壤磷酸单酯酶的活性。Mnp处理中,白三叶草生物量最大,白三叶草总生物量、茎叶生物量和根系生物量分别比对照处理(-M)提高64.48%、61.48%和84.91%。不同菌根处理中,Mck处理显著地提高白三叶草磷吸收和土壤磷酸单酯酶活性,白三叶草磷吸收总量和茎叶磷吸收量分别比对照(-M)提高107.18%和91.91%,土壤碱性磷酸单酯酶和酸性磷酸单酯酶活性相对对照(-M)分别提高54.33%和138.43%。碱性磷酸单酯酶活性与AMF群落中的Acaullospora属孢子数呈显著的正相关关系,而酸性磷酸单酯酶活性则主要受Paraglomus属孢子数的影响。说明接种AMF群落可显著地影响土壤的磷酸单酯酶活性,从而影响白三叶草的生长及其对磷素的吸收。     

Two perennial legumes (Astragalus adsurgens Pall. and Lespedeza davurica S.) adapted to semiarid environments are not as productive as lucerne (Medicago sativa L.), but use less water

Perennial forage legumes, particularly lucerne (Medicago sativa L.), play a significant role in crop/livestock mixed farming systems in the semiarid region of the Loess Plateau of China as stock feed and a source of nitrogen for subsequent crops. However, there is evidence that lucerne reduces soil water deep in the soil profile, thereby reducing subsequent crop productivity. From 2004 to 2010, this study evaluated the forage productivity and water use of two locally adapted perennial legume species, milk vetch (Astragalus adsurgens Pall.) and bush clover (Lespedeza davurica S.), compared with lucerne. The 7‐year total and average annual forage yield of milk vetch were 56 and 8 t ha^?1 and bush clover was 42 and 6 t ha^?1, respectively, significantly lower than lucerne at 91 and 13 t ha^?1. However, despite lower water‐use efficiencies (16 and 12 kg ha^?1 mm^?1 for milk vetch and bush clover, respectively, compared to 22 kg ha^?1 mm^?1 for lucerne), the total 7‐year water use in milk vetch and bush clover was 3500 mm and 3490 mm, respectively, which was 135–140 mm less than lucerne. After 7 years, lucerne had extracted water from the upper 5 m soil, whereas bush clover used water mainly from the upper 2 m of the soil profile and milk vetch still had some water available below 3 m. We conclude that while the locally adapted forage legumes were not as productive as lucerne as a source of fodder in mixed cropping/livestock system in this region, they use less water, which may be advantageous in drier regions.     

Interactive Effects of CO2 and O3 on the Growth of Trisetum flavescens and Trifolium pratense Grown in Monoculture or a Bi-Species Mixture

SUMMARY

Golden oat grass (Trisetum flavescens L.) and red clover (Trifolium pratense L.) were grown as monocultures or bi-species mixtures under controlled conditions and exposed to ambient (350 ppm) or elevated (580 ppm) CO₂, with or without addition of O₃ (diel profile with 150 ppb maximum). Shoot biomass measurements after the initial growth and two re-growth periods were used to determine the specific responses of both species, and the difference in the specific response between monocultures and mixtures. T. pratense was much more responsive to CO₂, O₃, and their combination, compared to T. flavescens. In the case of O₃ but not of CO₂, the difference in sensitivity between species was larger in mixture than in monoculture. In contrast to elevated CO₂, O₃ significantly reduced the root:shoot ratio in the mixture, which could explain the increasing negative effect of O₃ on clover with progressing harvests.

The relative CO₂ stimulation of T. pratense and of the cumulative mixture shoot biomass was larger in the presence than in the absence of O₃, which was due to an almost complete protection from O₃ stress by elevated CO₂. In the mixture, the fraction of T. flavescens was small and increased during the experiment; this increase was most pronounced with O3, but any change in mixture biomass was dominated by the response of T. repens.

The results confirm that in grass/legume mixtures legumes are most sensitive to elevated CO₂ and O₃, but the magnitude of specific responses depends on canopy structure and of plant development. Elevated CO₂ minimizes the negative impacts of O₃ stress on above- and below-ground plant growth.     

Silage additives to reduce protein degradation during ensiling and evaluation of in vitro ruminal nitrogen degradability

Despite the high degradability of their proteins, grass and legume silages represent an important option to reach more sustainable livestock systems. To improve the nitrogen use efficiency of these crops, this study assessed the potential of several additives (chestnut tannins, oak tannins, zeolite, erythritol by‐product solution and wood molasses) to reduce proteolysis in the silo and in vitro nitrogen degradability. Ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum) and red clover (Trifolium pratense) were ensiled in varying proportions in laboratory‐scale silos made of vacuum‐packed plastic bags. Dry‐matter content, chemical composition, pH, ammonia and volatile fatty acids content were analysed after 34 days of ensiling. Ruminal nitrogen degradability was assessed in vitro (Aufrère & Cartailler, 1988 ). We observed that the proportion of ammonia in silage was reduced by the addition of oak tannin (?12%) and zeolite (?16%). The addition of zeolite lowered in vitro organic matter digestibility. Rapidly degradable nitrogen (1‐hr degradability) was reduced in vitro by both tannins (?6.8% for chestnut and ?6.6% for oak) and zeolite (?5.8%), but total degradable nitrogen (24‐hr degradability) was only reduced by oak (?6.5%) and chestnut tannins (?7.3%). It suggests that tannins protected proteins from plant and bacterial enzymes by forming a complex that better resists silage fermentations and in vitro protease action. The reduction effects on proteolysis in the silo and on in vitro ruminal nitrogen degradability are limited individually but could be cumulative. Erythritol by‐product solution and wood molasses had no effect on silo or in vitro proteolysis.     

Effects of including bioactive legumes in grass silage on digestion parameters,nitrogen balance and methane emissions in sheep

The aim of this work was to investigate the effects of feeding sheep with silage mixtures containing bioactive legumes on intake and digestive parameters. The bioactive legumes used were sainfoin (SF, Onobrychis viciifolia) and red clover (RC, Trifolium pratense), which contain condensed tannins (CT) and polyphenol oxidase respectively. Five treatments were assigned to two groups of sheep according to a replicated 5 × 5 Latin square design. The five types of silages tested were, on a dry matter (DM) basis: pure timothy grass silage (Phleum pratense, control, T), three binary mixtures of T‐SF, T‐RC and RC‐SF (500 g/kg each) and a ternary mixture of T‐RC‐SF (500, 250 and 250 g/kg respectively). The daily voluntary DM intake of silage mixtures containing both SF and RC was greater than for pure T silage, while the presence of SF resulted in lower organic matter digestibility compared to pure T. The rumen disappearance rate measured in situ increased linearly with the presence of SF and RC in silage. The nitrogen (N) digestibility was greater for pure T and T‐RC than for T‐SF, and the amount of N retained daily by the animals was greater for RC‐containing silages than for T and T‐SF. The methane (CH₄) yield was greater for pure T than for the silage mixtures containing SF. We conclude that the presence of RC in silage could boost performances through intake and N retention, while SF‐based mixtures appear to have reduced negative environmental impacts through the reduction of CH₄ emissions.