Physical quality of some types of grass on mixed planting with Arachis pintoi and organic fertilizing

Abstract

Increased livestock productivity is largely determined by the availability of sufficient forage. Good forage is determined by digestibility, which is related to physical quality. This study aims to determine the physical quality of several types of grass planted with Arachis legumes and the provision of organic fertilizer. This study used a Randomized Block Design with a factorial pattern consisting of 3 types of grass planted with Arachis legumes (factor A) and fertilizing 2 types of solid and liquid organic fertilizer (factor B) with 3 replications. The treatment combinations are: R₁C (Paspalum notatum with Arachis pintoi+Compost), R₁B (Paspalum notatum with Arachis pintoi+Biourine), R₂C (Paspalum conyugatum with Arachis pintoi + Compost), R₂B (Paspalum conyugatum with Arachis pintoi +Biourine), R₃C (Axonopus compresus with Arachis pintoi+Compost), R₃B (Axonopus compresus with Arachis pintoi+Biourine). The results showed no significant difference (P>0.05) both in the mixture of some grass plants with Arachis pintoi and the provision of organic fertilizer on the physical quality of forage. In planting a mixture of Axonopus comprsus grass with Arachis pintoi showed average dry matter (DM), water regain capacity (WRC), and water solubility (WS). Whereas compost gets higher average values than biourine for dry matter, WRC and WS. The combination of mixed planting and fertilizing, compost showed the highest average, especially water solubility (WS). From this research it can be concluded planting a mixture of grass and legumes fed with compost on average is better for the physical quality of the grass, but not significantly different (P>0.05) from all treatments.