Sustainable Management of Nardus stricta L. Grasslands in Romania’s Carpathians

Authors

  • Vasile VINTU University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Aleea M. Sadoveanu, 3, Iasi (RO)
  • Costel SAMUIL University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Aleea M. Sadoveanu, 3, Iasi (RO)
  • Culita SIRBU University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Aleea M. Sadoveanu, 3, Iasi (RO)
  • Constantin Iulian POPOVICI University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Aleea M. Sadoveanu, 3, Iasi (RO)
  • Mihai STAVARACHE University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Aleea M. Sadoveanu, 3, Iasi (RO)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15835/nbha3926366

Abstract

The grassland area of Romania covers over 4.8 million hectares, of which more than a half are located in upland areas. In the present research it has been studied the influence of organic fertilization on the productivity, vegetal canopy and fodder quality of the intramontane Depression of Vatra Dornei, from the North-Eastern Romanian Carpathians, at rates of 20-50 Mg ha-1, applied either on a yearly basis, or every two years. The purpose of this study is to underline the dynamics of productivity and phytocenosis biodiversity, due to the application of some practical, technical measures meant to improve the production and fodder quality of Nardus stricta L. permanent grasslands, with minimal effects on the environment. The organic fertilizer rates triggered changes in the canopy structure by reducing the percentage of Nardus stricta L species, from 70% to 14-31%, and increasing the percentage of legumes, as well as the productivity and fodder quality 5-30%, respectively.

Downloads

Published

2011-11-21

How to Cite

VINTU, V., SAMUIL, C., SIRBU, C., POPOVICI, C. I., & STAVARACHE, M. (2011). Sustainable Management of Nardus stricta L. Grasslands in Romania’s Carpathians. Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca, 39(2), 142–145. https://doi.org/10.15835/nbha3926366

Issue

Vol. 39 No. 2 (2011)

Section

Research Articles
CITATION
DOI: 10.15835/nbha3926366

License

Copyright (c) 2011 Vasile VINTU, Costel SAMUIL, Culita SIRBU, Constantin Iulian POPOVICI, Mihai STAVARACHE

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

License:

© Articles by the authors; licensee UASVM and SHST, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Papers published in the journal Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca are open access distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses).

Open Access Journal:

The journal allows the author(s) to retain publishing rights without restriction. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author.

Most read articles by the same author(s)