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THE TROPHICITY IMPROVEMENT OF CERTAIN

NARDUS STRICTA MOUNTAIN MEADOWS IN
THE APUSENI MOUNTAINS

Bogdan Ionu Fgdar, Gheorghe Mihai, Nicuor Sima, Adela

Lcrimioara Boti, Doru Cristian Criste, Iulia Ple a

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IntroductionFree Powerpoint Templates

In Romania, grasslands of Nardus stricta can be found between 200

and 2,200 m altitude
Nardus stricta specie can be observed on strongly acidophilous soils
with a deficitary aerohydric regime
Acording to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations there are a wide variety of definitions for grasslands some
definitions say that grasslands include lands covered by natural and
managed herbaceous cover
Grassland biodiversity can enhance the nutritional value, the
gastronomy of regional agricultural products as well as non-palpable
outputs: agrotourism functions of the ecosystems related to the soil and
water quality and ecosystem resilience to disturbance (Hopkins and
Holz, 2005).

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MATERIALS AND METHODS
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The experiment is established in the Poiana Horea village, in the Cluj

county form Romania, on a permanent grassland in the environmental
conditions from the Apuseni National Park

Set on a NARDUS STRICTA grassland, at a height of 1100m, the

experiment was placed by randomized blocks method in 3 blocks
(rehearsals) with 16 experimental variants

The first variant V1, is the control or control and variants up to V16
were fertilized in different doses in accordance with the experimental
protocol with manure, nitrate, phosphate and potassium

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The experiment was set up in the 4 th of July, 2014 and has investigated the
influence of organic, organic-mineral and mineral fertilization system, applied
in each year of study, during the springtime, starting with 2014

in 2014 the average production was 1.97t ha-1 DM, 1.90 t ha-1 DM for the
variants with no amendment and 2.03 t ha-1 DM for the amendment variants

the highest production obtained was of 6.030 t ha-1 DM at the fertilization

with 515 kg ha-1 nitrate N170 along with the one fertilized with 600 kg ha-1
nitrate, phosphate and potassium N50P50K50 and 30000 kg ha-1 manure,
which was 5.447 t ha-1 DM

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Tab. 1 The DM production (t ha-1) for all the variants in 2014 after
the first cut

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In 2015 after the first cut, average DM production is 8.38 t ha-1 DM, 7.59 t
ha-1 DM for the variants with no amendment and 9.17 t ha-1 DM for the
amendment variants

Productions after the first cut were comprised between 1.291 t ha-1 DM for
control and 31.486 t ha-1 DM for the fertilization with 600 kg ha-1 nitrate,
phosphate and potassium N50P50K50 and 30000 kg ha-1 manure.

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Tab. 2 The DM production (t ha-1) for all the variants in 2015

after the first cut

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Manure has a direct action on plant nutrition and improves the thermal
regime of soil and it's aeration, increases the water holding capacity of the
soil, intensifies the work of the soil microorganisms and mineral fertilizers
which provide yields growth

applying amendments - restore degraded soil and to improve the effects on

soil microbial properties

the yield grew significantly on the fertilized variants compared to control

best results were obtained into the organo-mineral fertilized variants

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REFERENCES Free Powerpoint Templates

Hopkins, A. and B. Holtz (2005). Grassland for agriculture and nature

conservation: production. Quality and multi functionality in Grassland Science
in Europe vol 10 Integrating Efficient Grassland Farming and Biodiversity.
EGF 2005 Tartu Estonia. 15.

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