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1977
Description
1)-In order to extend the gene pool of a crop plant available to the breeder, it is necessary to collect, screen, assess, and maintain desirable germ plasm.
2) Collections of white clover (Trifolium repens L.) and other legumes have been made by the Welsh Plant Breeding Station from contrasting geographical areas. Some details of the 1971 expedition to Turkey are reported.
3) A considerable amount of variation in growth characters, leaf size, flowering date, and cyanogenic reaction was found.
4) Long-term seed storage experiments have indicated the conditions which favour the maintenance of seed viability. Seeds have maintained c. 80 % germination. Such information is basic to the planning of schemes for germ plasm maintenance.
Citation
Davies, W Ellis, "The establishment, screening, and maintenance of a gene pool of white clover (Trifolium repens L.)" (1977). IGC Proceedings (1977-2023). 4.
(URL: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/1977/sess2/4)
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The establishment, screening, and maintenance of a gene pool of white clover (Trifolium repens L.)
1)-In order to extend the gene pool of a crop plant available to the breeder, it is necessary to collect, screen, assess, and maintain desirable germ plasm.
2) Collections of white clover (Trifolium repens L.) and other legumes have been made by the Welsh Plant Breeding Station from contrasting geographical areas. Some details of the 1971 expedition to Turkey are reported.
3) A considerable amount of variation in growth characters, leaf size, flowering date, and cyanogenic reaction was found.
4) Long-term seed storage experiments have indicated the conditions which favour the maintenance of seed viability. Seeds have maintained c. 80 % germination. Such information is basic to the planning of schemes for germ plasm maintenance.
