Marković, JordanVasic, TanjaZornic, VladimirRacić, NedeljkoBekčić, FilipStepić, MarijaKostić, Ivica2024-07-272024-07-272023-10-05978-99976-816-1-4https://rifoc.ikbks.com/handle/123456789/92XIV International Scientific Agriculture Symposium “AGROSYM 2023” Saopštenje sa međunarodnog skupa štampano u celini M33More profitable production and better forage quality is achieved by growing grasses and legumes in mixtures. Growing grasses in a mixture with legumes influences a significant amount of nitrogen fixed by Rhizobium bacteria and reduce the using of nitrogen mineral fertilization. Italian ryegrass is an ideal species for growing in a mixture with red clover. The aim of this study was to determine the nutritive value of Italian ryegrass – red clover mixtures depending on the seeding rate of these plants in the mixtures, in the fist and the second cut. Since the trial was not fertilized with N the legumes were required to supply N. The experiment was established at the experimental field of the Institute for forage crops Kruševac, Serbia, according to a total randomized block system in three replications. The results of this study showed that better nutritive value was determined in the mixtures with higher seeding rate of red clover in the mixture. In the first cut, the nutritive value of the mixture with the highest Italian ryegrass seeding rate was similar with nutritive value of red clover monocrop. Generally, in conclusion, growing Italian ryegrass in a bi-crop with red clover produces forage of high nutritive value suitable for ruminants feeding.enCC0 1.0 Universalhttp://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/Italian ryegrassred clovernutritive valueconferenceObject