This experiment was established in a greenhouse at Embrapa Clima Temperado, Pelotas, RS, with the objective to evaluate the effects of increasing doses phosphorus (P-P2O5) and potassium (K-K2O) on crude protein (CP), acid detrgent fiber (ADF), neutral detergent fiber (NDF) and minerals (P,K,Ca and Mg) contents of dry matter (DM) in three species of forages legumes. The three cool season annual legumes forage used were: persian-clover (Trifolium resupinatum L. cv. Kyambro), subterraneum-clover (Trifolium subterraneum L. cv. Woogenellup) and Lotus El Rincon (Lotus subbiflorus Lag. cv. El Rincón). It was used a completely randomized desing, according to a 5x5x3 factorial treatment with three replications, during the period from May to October 2000. The treatments were five doses of P (.0, 1.08, 2.15, 3.23 and 4.30 mg de P2O5/dm³) and K (.0, .43, .85, 1.28 and 1.70 mg de K2O/dm³) representing to .0 (control ) and 1, 2, 3 and 4 times the soil analysis recommendation, in pots, filled up with 8 kg de soil type Planossolo, mapping unit Pelotas. The forages samples used for laboratorial analysis were cut, dried up and prepared, at the end of the experimental period, approximately 170 days after sowing. The CP, P and Mg conents in dry matter were positively influenced by P, however for K fertilizations, just the K content. NDF and ADF contents were not influenced by P and K dertillizations.
fertilization; Lotus subbiflorus; Trifolium resupinatum; Trifolium subterraneum
