Published in Scientific Papers. Series A. Agronomy, Vol. LXIX, Issue 1
Written by Sorina NIȚU (NĂSTASE), Andreea ANDREOIU, Monica TOD
Cultivated grasslands are composed of a diverse mix of plant species with different forage qualities. This study aimed to evaluate the quality of forage resulted from grassland grass species and aromatic medicinal plants, in order to optimize their nutritional value and forage potential. The study was conducted at ICDP Brașov, Romania, within a field experiment of 5 variants of plant mixtures with 20 species of aromatic medicinal plants and grasses. The main quality parameters that were analyzed were: crude protein (CP), total ash (ASH), crude fiber (CF), acid detergent fiber (ADF), lignin (ADL), neutral detergent fiber (NDF), digestibility dry matter (DMD) and digestibility organic matter (DOM). The highest CP content was obtained in variants V3 (20.33%) and V5 (19.50%), compared to the control variant V1 (17.40%). The highest ADF content was recorded in the control variant V1 (34.57%), compared to the other 4 variants, which recorded lower values, with positive implications on the quality of the feed. The correlations between the analyzed parameters showed that crude protein was positively correlated with total ash, dry matter digestibility and organic matter.
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{simplepopup popup="false" name="Citation57"}NITU (NASTASE) S., ANDREOIU A., TOD M. 2026, EVALUATION OF THE FORAGE QUALITY OF SOME MIXTURES OF AROMATIC MEDICINAL PLANTS AND GRASSLAND GRASS SPECIES WITH A VIEW TO OPTIMIZING THE NUTRITIONAL VALUE. Scientific Papers. Series A. Agronomy, Vol. LXIX, Issue 1, ISSN 2285-5785, 467-473. {/simplepopup}