Abstract

The purpose of this study was to suggest the possibility of utilizing the wildflower pasture as the livestock herbage sources as well as promoting the public interests. Not only dry matter (DM) yield and soil properties of pastures were observed, but also chemical composition of herbages was analyzed. The experimental design includes four treatments: Conventional pasture(COP, forage 6 species), Bottomgrass pasture(BOP, turf grass 6 species), Native wildflower pasture(NWP, turf grass 6 species + native wildflower 11 species) and Introduced wildflower pasture(IWP, turf grass 6 species + introduced wildflower 9 species). The field trials were carried out on the experimental pasture plots at Chungnam National University throughout from 1997 to 2000. The results obtained are as follows : 1. As wildflower pasture was composed of turf grasses and wildflowers, the yearly mean of DM yield in the wildflower pastures (NWP 6,688kg/ha and IWP 7,240kg/ha) was lower than that of COP(8,592kg/ha) or BOP(7,264kg/ha)(p<0.05). This result indicated that the forage productivity of wildflower pasture for livestock is low. 2. The nutritive quality of herbages from wildflower pasture tended to be slightly low compared to that of COP and BOP. On the other hand, compared with IWP, the content of CP, NDF and lignin of herbages from NWP were lower than those from IWP, while IVDMD was higher(p<0.05). 3. The pH and the content of exchangeable Ca in NWP and IWP soils were tended to be low compared to those of COP in changes of soil properties after 3-years experimental trials, while the contents of organic matter, nitrogen, available phosphate, Mg and K were slightly improved. In conclusion, even though DM yield seem to be lower in wildflower pasture than those of COP, and the nutritive quality of herbages from wildflower pasture tended to be slightly low compared to that of COP and BOP. but, possibility of utilizing herbages from wildflower pasture for livestock was to some extent expected. In addition. compared to COP, wildflower pastures improved the property of soil. Thus, although wildflower pasture was not enough for livestock as a herbage, wildflower pasture has enough possibility for promoting the public interest.

본 연구는 공익적인 기능을 가진 야생화 초지를 조성하고, 야생화 초지에서 생산된 초류의 건물수량과 사료가치를 조사하여 가축의 조사료원으로써의 가치를 평가하기 위해 실시하였다. 시험은 관행 혼파초지(Conventional pasture; COP, 6종), 하번 초 혼파초지(Bottomgrass pasture; BOP, turf grass 6초종), 국산 야생화 초지(Native wildflower pasture; NWP, turf grass 6종 + 국산야생화 11종) 빛 외국 산 야생화 초지(Introduced wildflower pasture; IWP, turf grass 6종 + 외국산야생화 9종) 등의 4처리를 두어 난괴법 4반복으로 시험하였다. 시험은 충남 대학교 농과대학 초지시험포장에서 1997년 8월부 터 2000년 12월까지 수행하였으며, 시험결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 야생화 초지의 3년평균 건물생산량(NWP 6,688 k kg/ha, IWP 7,240kg/ha)은 turf grass에 야생화를 도입하였던 관계로 관행 혼파초지(8,592kg/ha)나 하변 초 혼파초지(7,264kg/ha)에 비하여 건물수량이 낮게 나타났다(p<0.05). 2. 관행 혼파초지에 비하여 야생화 초지의 품질 이 상대적으로 약간 떨어지는 경향을 나타내었다. 한편, 국산 야생화 초지는 외국산 야생화 초지에 비하여 CP와 섬유소물질인 NDF, lignin은 낮은 편이었고, IVDMD는 높은 결과를 보였다. 3. 관행 혼파초지에 비하여 야생화 초지(NWP, IWP)는 토양의 pH와 교환성 Ca 함량은 낮은 편이었으나, 유기물 함량, 총 질소 함량, 인산 함량, 교환성 Mg, K 함량이 상대적으로 높아서 토양의 화학적 성분이 다소 개선되는 양상을 보였다. 이상의 결과를 종합할 때, 야생화 초지는 관행 혼파초지에 비해 건물수량, 사료가치 및 건물소화율 등이 다소 낮은 결과를 보였으나 관행 혼파초지에 비하여 일부 토양의 화학적 성분이 개선되었다. 그러나 야생화초지는 가축의 조사료 생산적인 측면보다는 공익적인 측변도 강조되기 때문에 생산성과 품질이 다소 낮더라도 의미가 있다고 하겠다.

Keywords

• Wildflower pasture;
• DM yield;
• Nutritive value;
• Soil property