'GOATS RUE' (GALEGA ORIENTALS LAM.) A PLANT WITH MULTI-DIRECTIONAL POSSIBILITIES OF USE FOR AGRICULTURE. PART I. THE INFLUENCE OF SEED INOCULATION ON THE YIELD AND THE CONTENT OF NITROGEN, PROTEIN, ASH AND CRUDE FIBER

摘要

The field experiment was carried out between 1994-1998 at the Agricultural Experimental Station of the Academy of Podlasie, Siedlce on the influence of the means of inoculation with Rhizobium galegae and Nosloc of the Galega orientalis (Lain.) seed variety 'Gale' on the content of dry matter, nitrogen, total protein, ash and crude fiber as well as on the yield of this plant. The climatic conditions during the experiment (1994-1998) were not suitable (very low rainfall) for growing this plant which significantly decreased the yield of the dry mass. The highest yield (10.8 t ha~(-1)) was harvested from the object in which the seeds were inoculated by Rhizobium galegae and Nostoc. Plants harvested from this object also had the highest content of nitrogen (30 g kg~(-1) d.m.) and total protein (187.5 g kg~(-1) d.m.). The low content of ash 59 g kg~(-1) d.rn. high in crude fiber (385 g kg~(-1) d.m.) were caused by the later than normal harvesting of Galega orientalis.