Organic farming in northeast of Portugal: effects of soil fertility management ...

• Author(s): Fernimdez-Nunez, E. ; Cuiña-Cotarelo, R. ; Mosquera-Losada, M.R. ; Rigueiro-Rodríguez, A. ; Rodrigues, M.A. ; Arrobas, Margarida ; Pires, Jaime ; Aguiar, Carlos ; Moreira, Nuno
• Date: 2011
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10198/10729
• Origin: Biblioteca Digital do IPB
• Subject(s): Pasture; Organic and mineral fertilisation; Grasses; Legumes
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English

Description

The aim of this work was to evaluate the effect of six types of soil fertility management: no fertiliser (NF), lime inputs (Ca), mineral fertilisation combined with hming (CaP (lime and phosphorous), CaPB (lime, phosphorous and boron), manure (M), and manure+lime+mineral fertilisation (MCaPB), and two types of pasture (unsown and sown) on DM yield, botanical composition and nutrients content of pasture during two years of study. DM yield was significantly increased when plots were fertilised with manure (M and MCaPB), which also improved the proportion of legumes, mainly in the sown pasture.