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Study of Trifolium angulatum phytomass in Karcag
31-36Views:7Our studies were conducted at the Hungarian University of Agricultural and Life Sciences in Karcag, where in 2023, due to favourable precipitation and temperature conditions, we had the opportunity to study the phytomass yields of a massively reproducing annual Trifolium species in a saline soil condition. Yield measurements (green yield, hay yield, crude protein yield, dry matter yield) showed that in all cases higher yields were measured in the Trifolium angulatum-covered grassland than in the control grassland, and statistical analysis showed a close correlation in all cases. Through our studies, we aimed to provide new data on the specific floristic events in environmentally managed grassland in the Pannonian Basin from a farmer's perspective.
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On either side of the electric fence: A botanical study of the autumnal aspect of the drained lake bed of a domestic water buffalo pasture in the Zamoly Basin
9-14Views:66Our studies were carried out in a water buffalo pasture of the Zámolyi basin, in the area of the Csíkvarsai meadow, in the bed of a former lake, which was drained in 2022, then dried up by autumn and it was grazed by domestic water buffalo. The grazed area was surrounded by an electric fence. The vegetation of this part of the area and part of the outside was surveyed on 19 of November. We took 3-3 coenological surveys in both separated areas. Based on the results, there were significant floristic and physiognomic differences in the vegetation. Among the clover species, species with ground-running stems (Trifolium repens and T. fragiferum) were dominant in the grazed area, but in the ungrazed area, there was a coherent plant population of 30-40 cm high, densely located alsike clover (Trifolium hybridum) in the lake bed. In addition, the occurrence of swamp pricklegrass (Crypsis schoenoides) was a floristic new discovery.
Due to the loss of water coverage, several Trifolium species have become abundant in the area, which is a result of the germination properties of the species. The thick seed coats were cracked by the loss of the effect of the water coverage on temperature equalisation, and germination could have begun, resulting in a dominant species in the area. During the present study, we have seen a very impressive result of the analysis of the vegetation of the lake bed in autumn aspect in the Zámolyi Basin, which is the result of the impact of water buffalo grazing. The number of species was more significant in the grazed area. Moreover, floristic rarities have been found and as an indicator of grazing, species of different life form types were dominant within the same genus. -
A tájhasználat hatása a Naszály hegylábi gyepek fajösszetételére
11-19Views:75A munkánk során különböző tájhasznosítással rendelkező Naszály hegylábi gyepterületeket vizsgáltunk. Arra kerestük a választ, hogy milyen változásokat okoz a kaszálás felhagyása, a turisták jelenléte, miben különbözik egy fás legelő és egy kaszáló fajösszetétele, és a környező erdőterületek gyepek felé való múltbeli kiterjedése igazolható-e. Ehhez hét vizsgálati területen, területenként 10 db 2×2 m-es kvadrátban felmértük a fajok jelenlétét és feljegyeztük a borítási értékeket. A terepi munkát 2013-ban három alkalommal, április, május és október hónapokban végeztük. Az adatokat klaszteranalízissel és ordinációs eljárással vizsgáltuk, valamint ökológiai mutatók alapján is összehasonlítottuk a vizsgálati területeket. A klaszteranalízis és az ordinációs elemzés szerint elkülönültek a kaszált és nem kaszált területek, valamint a kaszált és a kaszálás mellett turisták látogatta területek is. A hajdani erdőterületek kvadrátjai a fás legelőn és az egyik kaszált és turizmussal is érintett területen ugyancsak külön egységet alkottak. A vizsgálat kimutatta, hogy a kaszálás elmaradása az Arrhenatherum elatius, a Dactylis glomerata, a Trifolium montanum, a Salvia pratensis és a Viola hirta elszaporodásának kedvez. A kísérő fajok aránya a nem kaszált területeken alacsonyabb, emellett a kaszált területen nagyobb a gyomok és ruderális kompetítorok mennyisége. A kaszált gyepekben a Festuca valesiaca válik uralkodóvá. A vizsgált fás legelő az Alopecurus pratensis és védett növények nagyobb számával jellemezhető, a régmúltban feltételezhetően erdőterület hasznosítású gyepben a Potentilla alba gyakori.
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Results of grazing preference investigations incounty and abroad
21-25Views:45Many kinds of animals were already studied on which composition of pasture they reside most of their time, respectively which constituents of pasture they eat more pleasantly. In Hungary there have not been done any researches on the red deer grazing habitude in farming conditions yet. The target of this study was to examine which species of the plants are the most preferred by the red deer under the conditions of Bőszénfa’s area. The pasture planting was in 2005. At the choice of the species’ planted the climate conditions and relief of this area were taken into consideration. Seven kinds of pastures or pasture mixtures were planted in two repetitions. Because of the unfavourable weather conditions the development of planted pasture was slower than expected, in this manner the preferences examination was put off to 2007. The preference study of plots planted with different pasture constituents was carried out by grazing of 48 hinds. During the grazing season the time of residence of the grazing hinds on every single plot was measured 14 times by five hours’ observations. The observations could be carried out from April to the end of June because of the pasture plots were totally burnt out due to the lack of the moisture. Our measurements were completed with field reviews. During the reviews the most consumed species of plants were noted. The statistical analysis of the observed period was carried out in monthly dividing too. In April the gramineaes and the white clover (Trifolium repens L) were grazed in the same proportion (P<0.001) by the hinds, but they did not prefere the giant agrostis (Agrostis gigantea Roth) and the bunias orientalis (Bunias orientalis). In May the dears grazed the white clover the most intensively, and the gramineas on the right hand side, the giant agrostis and the bunias orientalis were eaten the least. In June the hinds spent the most time by grazing on the white clover, the graminneaes were mediumly grazed, the giant agrostis and the bunias orientalis were grazed almost not at all. Summarized the red deers spent the most of their grazing time on the white clover, while they grazed on the giant agrostis and on the bunias orientalis for the least time.