Description
White clover is the most important pasture legume in many EEC countries (white clover-ryegrass pasture system) and a good component of permanent and rotated polyphytic meadows in North Italy (irrigated Po Valley where the Ladino subspecies developed through self selection). The main characteristics of the species are N2 fixation and high nutritional value (quality). Therefore, white clover seed usage in the EEC is expected to still be important in the next decades. A number of performing varieties have recently been developed by EEC Research Institutes. An assessment of their seed production potential is necessary in view of self-sufficiency and consequent reduction of imported seed of poorly adapted cvs from overseas to W. Europe. Studies on white clover seed production have been carried out at Lodi in the past decades (Haussmann et al., 1949-1972; Haussmann, 1957). The participation to an European Research Group concerned with the above species is the most recent development in the theme (A.A., 1984; Marshall et al., 1987). The main results of the co-ordinated experiments, carried out at Lodi under the Plant Productivity Co-ordinated Trials Programme during the period 1982-1987, are briefly reported in this paper.
Citation
Paoletti, R and Locattello, C, "Seed Yield, Fodder Yield and Persistence in White Clover cvs of Different Origins. Results of Trials Conducted at Lodi (Irrigated PO Valley)" (2025). IGC Proceedings (1989-2023). 14.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/1989/session5/14
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Seed Yield, Fodder Yield and Persistence in White Clover cvs of Different Origins. Results of Trials Conducted at Lodi (Irrigated PO Valley)
White clover is the most important pasture legume in many EEC countries (white clover-ryegrass pasture system) and a good component of permanent and rotated polyphytic meadows in North Italy (irrigated Po Valley where the Ladino subspecies developed through self selection). The main characteristics of the species are N2 fixation and high nutritional value (quality). Therefore, white clover seed usage in the EEC is expected to still be important in the next decades. A number of performing varieties have recently been developed by EEC Research Institutes. An assessment of their seed production potential is necessary in view of self-sufficiency and consequent reduction of imported seed of poorly adapted cvs from overseas to W. Europe. Studies on white clover seed production have been carried out at Lodi in the past decades (Haussmann et al., 1949-1972; Haussmann, 1957). The participation to an European Research Group concerned with the above species is the most recent development in the theme (A.A., 1984; Marshall et al., 1987). The main results of the co-ordinated experiments, carried out at Lodi under the Plant Productivity Co-ordinated Trials Programme during the period 1982-1987, are briefly reported in this paper.
