DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7701-093-1-0170

THE EFFECT OF HARVEST DATE OF ALEXANDRIAN CLOVER GROWN AS A CATCH CROP ON THE QUALITATIVE PARAMETERS OF SILAGE

Jančík, F.¹, Kubelková, P.¹, Faltusová, T.^1,2, Homolka, P.¹, Loučka, R.¹, Koukolová, V.¹

¹ Institute of Animal Science, Přátelství 815, 104 00 Prague-Uhříněves, Czech Republic

² University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Agriculture and Technology, Studentská 13, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic

The aim of the work was to assess the quality parameters of silage produced from alexandrian clover (Trifolium alexandrinum L.), grown as a catch crop, with respect to the growth phase of the stand. The silages were experimentally created using the VacSy system. Chemical analyses were performed on the silages and the digestibility of nutrients was determined using the in situ method. The content of nitrogenous substances gradually decreased from 210 to 160 g/kg dry matter with the aging of the stand. A tendency towards a slight increase in the NDF content was found in the deflowered stand. From the point of view of nutrient digestibility, there was also a decrease in both the dry matter digestibility and the NDF digestibility in the deflowered stand.

Klíčová slova: clover, silage, yield, chemical composition, digestibility

stránky: 170-171, Publikováno: 2026, online: 2026