Abstract

This pot experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of combined micronutrient application(;control, ; Fe, ; Fe+Mn, : Fe+Mn+Cu, ; Fe+Mn+Cu+Zn, ; Fe+Mn+Cu+Zn+Mo, ;Fe+Mn+Cu+Zn+Mo+B) on forage performance of pure and mixed cultures of orchardgrass and white clover. This 4th part was related to the changes in the contents of micronutrients(Fe, Mn, Cu, Zn, Mo, and B) in forages. The results obtained are summarized as follows: 1. General differences have been showed in the contents of micronutrients based on the treatments, forage species, pure/mixed culture, cutting order, and additional fertilization, especially N. Compared to pure culture, orchardgrass showed relatively high contents of Mn and Zn, and low contents of B and Fe in mixed culture. White clover, however, tended to be exactly opposed to the above trends. The contents of Cu and Mo did not show any differences between pure and mixed cultures. 2. In relative comparison, the influenced negatively on the contents of Cu, Zn, and Mo in orchardgrass. The also influenced negatively on the contents of Mo in white clover. However, the influenced positively on the contents of Mn in orchardgrass, and also influenced positively on the contents of Fe, Mn, and Cu in white clover. Because of the antagonism between Fe and Mn, the Fe contents in both forages were significantly decreased by the . Under the various conditions, the differences among Fe contents tended to be more significant in white clover than in orchardgrass. 3. At the and , the Mo contents in both forages tended to be relatively high. The Mo contents, however, were somewhat decreased by the 7/. The Mo-toxicity, which was caused by the high Mo-contents, tended to be diminished, and was likely to be prevented by the optimum B/Mo ratio and B application( ).

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