Published in Scientific Papers. Series A. Agronomy, Vol. LXVII, Issue 1
Written by Мagdalena PETKOVA, Tatyana BOZHANSKA, Minko ILIEV, Denitsa HRISTOVA
The study was conducted in the experimental field of the Research Institute of Mountain Stockbreeding and Agriculture of Troyan, with the aim of determining the correlation and regression dependences between some basic chemical indicators and the energy nutritional value of perennial ryegrass and legume fodder crop grown in monoculture and mixed grasslands. Data analysis shows that the amount of crude protein has a statistically significant impact on the in vitro digestibility of dry matter (r = 0.82) and the number of feed units (r = 0.88 - for FUM and r = 0.87 - for FUG). The yield of fresh matter was positively correlated with the dry matter yield (r = 0.83), the amount of NDF (r = 0.74) and hemicellulose (r = 0.80). The high correlation and dependence between fiber components of perennial grasses and legume fodder crops gives a clear assessment for forage quality. The coefficients of determination between structural fiber components and crude fiber concentration ranged from R2 = 0.5176 to R2 = 0.9186, with very well-proven statistical significance of the equations.
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