Published in Scientific Papers. Series A. Agronomy, Vol. LIX
Written by Alexandru TELEUŢĂ, Victor ŢÎŢEI
We investigated the agrobiological peculiarities and biochemical composition of the species Lathyrus latifolius, Lathyrus pisiformis and Lathyrus sylvestris from the Botanical Garden (Institute) of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova, the traditional leguminous fodder crops Medicago sativa and Onobrychis viciifolia served as control variants. The fodder productivity of Lathyrus sylvestris reached 10534 nutritive units/ha and 2085 kg/ha of digestible protein; Lathyrus latifolius – 9891 nutritive units/ha and 2085 kg/ha of digestible protein; exceeding essentially the traditional leguminous fodder crops Medicago sativa and Onobrychis viciifolia. Lathyrus latifolius was distinguished by high levels of phosphorus, potassium, magnesium, iron, copper and manganese, but reduced levels of calcium and strontium in fodder. The methane yield of Lathyrus species ranged from 1821 to 2936 m3/ha. The more promising species as feedstock for biogas production, Lathyrus sylvestris and Lathyrus latifolius exceeded Medicago sativa with 33 %.
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