Evaluación de una pastura de Medicago sativa VAR. CUF 101 (alfalfa) más Plantago lanceolata (llantén forrajero) utilizando la tecnología CROP BOOSTER en la estación experimental Tunshi.

Abstract

In the present work a pasture of Medicago sativa var. CUF 101 (Alfalfa) plus Plantago lanceolata (Llanten forrajero), using Crop Booster technology at Estación Experimental, 36 already established experimental units of 17x5m were used, the size of the Experimental Unit was 85 m2. A completely randomized block design (CRBD) was applied under a two-factor arrangement with 2 treatments and 6 repetitions. The experimental results were subjected to an analysis of variance (ADEVA) and separation of means through the Tukey test with a significance level of (P ≤ 0.05). Obtaining the best results at 40 days of age using Crop Booster technology gave a height of 64.17cm, basal coverage 15.17%, aerial coverage 23.17%; whose benefits are shown in the production of green forage volume and dry matter obtaining 18.67 t/Fv/ha/cut and 4.81 t/MS/ha/cut. In the evaluation of the benefit / cost, a higher profitability was determined when using the Crop Booster device in the forage mixture obtaining an indicator of 1.46 USD. It is recommended to extend the study on the technology used in this research to transfer the results to the community looking for the benefit in the livestock exploitation that will contribute to improve the living conditions of the producers.