Abstract
Abstract Two experiments investigated (1) the effect of stage of maturity at harvest in the first year on yield and persistency of red clover and lucerne when grown as monocultures and bi‐crops, and (2) the effect of ensiling differing ratios of red clover and lucerne on forage quality and degree of proteolysis. Red clover (cv. Milvus) and lucerne (cv. Vertus) were established in triplicate plots at five sowing ratios:1·00 red clover, 0·75 red clover:0·25 lucerne, 0·50 red clover:0·50 lucerne, 0·25 red clover:0·75 lucerne and 1·00 lucerne. In year 1, plots were harvested in three strips, at different stages of plant maturity, either 11 (early), 13 (mid) or 15 (late) weeks after sowing. In years 2 and 3, the whole plot was harvested at each of four harvests taken during the growing season. The DM yield of lucerne in years 2 and 3 was higher than that of red clover, leading to increased yields from bi‐crops with increasing proportions of lucerne. Strips harvested at the mid‐stage of maturity in the first year on the 0·25 red clover:0·75 lucerne plots produced the highest DM yields overall. Ensiling red clover and lucerne bi‐crops was found to combine the improved wilting properties of lucerne and the reduced proteolysis of ensiled red clover.
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Claims 5
Claim · model-written summary
The DM yield of lucerne in years 2 and 3 was higher than that of red clover.
- Taxon
- red clover
Trifolium pratenset0 - Treatment
- lucernee0
- Outcome
- DM yielde0
- Direction
- highere0
- Qualifier
- in years 2 and 3e0
- Comparator
- red clovere0
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t0“red clover”
e0“The DM yield of lucerne in years 2 and 3 was higher than that of red clover”
Claim · model-written summary
Yields from red clover/lucerne bi-crops increased with increasing proportions of lucerne.
- Taxon
- red cloverTrifolium pratenset0
- Treatment
- increasing proportions of lucernee1
- Outcome
- yieldse0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
t0“red clover”
e0“leading to increased yields”
e1“with increasing proportions of lucerne”
Claim · model-written summary
Strips harvested at the mid‐stage of maturity on the 0·25 red clover:0·75 lucerne plots produced the highest DM yields overall.
- Taxon
- red cloverTrifolium pratenset0
- Material
- 0·25 red clover:0·75 lucernee0
- Treatment
- mid‐stage of maturitye0
- Outcome
- DM yields overalle0
- Direction
- higheste0
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Verbatim
t0“red clover”
e0“Strips harvested at the mid‐stage of maturity in the first year on the 0·25 red clover:0·75 lucerne plots produced the highest DM yields overall”
Claim · model-written summary
Ensiling red clover and lucerne bi-crops combined the improved wilting properties of lucerne.
- Taxon
- red cloverTrifolium pratenset0
- Material
- lucernee0
- Treatment
- Ensiling red clover and lucerne bi‐cropse0
- Outcome
- wilting propertiese0
- Direction
- improvede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“red clover”
e0“Ensiling red clover and lucerne bi‐crops was found to combine the improved wilting properties of lucerne and the reduced proteolysis of ensiled red clover”
Claim · model-written summary
Ensiling red clover and lucerne bi-crops reduced proteolysis of the ensiled red clover.
- Taxon
- red cloverTrifolium pratenset0
- Treatment
- Ensiling red clover and lucerne bi‐cropse0
- Outcome
- proteolysise0
- Direction
- reducede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“red clover”
e0“Ensiling red clover and lucerne bi‐crops was found to combine the improved wilting properties of lucerne and the reduced proteolysis of ensiled red clover”
The same questions in other papers
stage · yield · Trifolium pratense (red clover)Results agree
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