Theme 14: Advances in Forage Legumes
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A trial was carried out at Pergamino Agricultural Experimental Station (33º 56’ S, 60º 33’ W), Argentina, to study the stolon morphology of white clover cultivars with different leaf size, inflorescence production through reproductive cycle, and vegetative persistence. Treatments were four white clover cultivars: Espanso (Italy), Experimental L.49 (Argentina), Jacui S2 (Brazil) and Nora (Sweden). A completely randomized block design was used (n=6). Throughout two years, measurements of stolon length and dry and organic matter were performed every 60 days. The inflorescence number was also recorded. Results showed significant differences among cultivars in all the studied characters and almost in all the samples dates. Stolon weight showed a close association with stolon size, and the latter with the vegetative persistence (r=0.90). Stolon weight, chiefly related to stolon size, is a major character to be considered to improve white clover vegetative persistence in our region. Poor inflorescence production was not strictly associated with a better vegetative persistence.
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Stolon Attributes Related to Persistence of White Clover in Buenos Aires, Argentina
A trial was carried out at Pergamino Agricultural Experimental Station (33º 56’ S, 60º 33’ W), Argentina, to study the stolon morphology of white clover cultivars with different leaf size, inflorescence production through reproductive cycle, and vegetative persistence. Treatments were four white clover cultivars: Espanso (Italy), Experimental L.49 (Argentina), Jacui S2 (Brazil) and Nora (Sweden). A completely randomized block design was used (n=6). Throughout two years, measurements of stolon length and dry and organic matter were performed every 60 days. The inflorescence number was also recorded. Results showed significant differences among cultivars in all the studied characters and almost in all the samples dates. Stolon weight showed a close association with stolon size, and the latter with the vegetative persistence (r=0.90). Stolon weight, chiefly related to stolon size, is a major character to be considered to improve white clover vegetative persistence in our region. Poor inflorescence production was not strictly associated with a better vegetative persistence.
