Optimal fertilization is an important measure for managing cultivated grasslands, and a necessary means for maintaining the nutrient balance, yield, and quality of grassland ecosystems. This study aimed to explore the effects of organic fertilizers on the production performance and nutritional quality of cultivated grasslands in karst areas. Two types of monocultured cultivated grasslands (i.e., and ) were employed as the research objects, and a randomized block design was adopted to investigate the effects of five fertilization gradients on the forage height, coverage, yield, and nutritional quality of the cultivated grasslands. According to the results, the plant height, coverage, and yield of first presented an increasing trend, then decreased with increasing fertilization gradient, with a peak at 20-30 t/hm fertilization gradient. The height, coverage, and yield of increased gradually with increase in fertilization gradient, and peaked at 40 t/hm. Meanwhile, the crude protein (CP) and ether extract (EE) contents of both grassland types displayed first presented an increasing trend, then decreased with increasing fertilization gradient, and peaked at 10-30 t/hm fertilization gradient. The neutral detergent fiber (NDF) and acidic detergent fiber (ADF) contents of presented "N-shaped" and "M-shaped" change trends with increasing fertilization gradient, while those of showed "V-shaped" and "M-shaped" change trends, reaching minimum values under fertilization gradients of 30 and 20 t/hm, respectively. Year, fertilization, and year × fertilization (Y×F) significantly affected the plant heights, coverages, dry/fresh weight ratios, and yields of and . The contribution of coverage to the subordinate function of was greatest at a fertilization gradient of 20 t/hm. Meanwhile, the subordinate function values of the height and coverage of increased gradually with increasing fertilization gradient, but the difference in the subordinate function value of height was only 0.09%-0.18% under the fertilization gradient of 20-40 t/hm. Evaluation of forage nutrition revealed 10-30 t/hm and 20-30 t/hm as the optimal organic fertilizer application rates for and , respectively.
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