Influence of amelioration on the productivity of alfalfa on acid soil types vertisols

Abstract

Alfalfa is the most important forage legume in our agroecological conditions for feeding cattle. In the area of Jablanica district, alfalfa occupies a considerable place in the total plant production. The restrictive factor in the establishment and short durability of alfalfa stand is the low pH of arable agricultural soil. Within the three-year field trial on Vertisol soil type (pH in KCl 4.9), from 2016 to 2018, alfalfa plot yield has been analyzed with different fertilization variants. The research results indicate that alfalfa provides a significantly higher yield on the plot where amelioration measures were applied, through the application of limestone and manure, with the addition of mineral fertilizer. A barely lower yield was achieved on the calcified and manured plot, while the lowest yield was on the control plot, where a generous amount of mineral fertilizer was added, which is a common practice of agricultural producers in the area of Jablanica district.

Lucerka je najvažnija leguminoza za ishranu stoke u našim agroekološkim uslovima. Na području Jablaničkog okruga lucerka zauzima značajno mesto u ukupnoj biljnoj proizvodnji. Ograničavajući faktor u formiranju i kratkom veku trajanja lucerke je nizak pH obradivog poljoprivrednog zemljišta. U trogodišnjem terenskom istraživanju zemljišta tipa Vertisol (pH u KCl 4,9) od 2016. do 2018. godine analiziran je prinos lucerke na parcelama sa različitim varijantama prihrane. Rezultati istraživanja ukazuju da lucerka daje znatno veći prinos na parceli na kojoj su primenjene mere sanacije melioracije, primenom krečnjaka i stajskog đubriva uz dodatak mineralnog đubriva. Nešto niži prinos postignut je na parceli na kojoj je zemljište kalcifikovano i sanirano stajskim đubrivom, dok je najmanji prinos postignut na kontrolnoj parceli, gde je primenjena veća količina mineralnog đubriva, što je zapravo uobičajena praksa poljoprivrednih proizvođača Jablaničkog okruga.