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1981
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Stand persistence is a major weakness of the widely used Ladino clover (Trifolium repens L.) in the U.S.A. The objective of these studies was to determine the influence of physical management practices and selected pesticides on longevity of Ladino clover stands. Ladino grown alone and in mixture with tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.) was subjected to varying physical management regimes ( clipping, grass density, and spacing) and insecticide and fungicide applications in two tests for 5 to 6 years. By the fall of the third year, the percentages of clover (average of two tests) in the Ladino clover-tall fescue untreated check and in the fungicide (F), insecticide (1), and F + I treatments were 12 % , 34 % , 50 % , and 7 4 % , respectively. These studies showed that physical management per se, although important in the short run, will not provide long-lived Ladino clover stands and that an entomological-pathological complex was largely responsible for the loss of stand and low productivity after the first 2 years.
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Chamblee, D S.; Lucas, L T.; and Campbell, W V., "Ladino Clover Persistence as Affected by Physical Management and Use of Pesticides" (1981). IGC Proceedings (1977-2023). 19.
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Ladino Clover Persistence as Affected by Physical Management and Use of Pesticides
Stand persistence is a major weakness of the widely used Ladino clover (Trifolium repens L.) in the U.S.A. The objective of these studies was to determine the influence of physical management practices and selected pesticides on longevity of Ladino clover stands. Ladino grown alone and in mixture with tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.) was subjected to varying physical management regimes ( clipping, grass density, and spacing) and insecticide and fungicide applications in two tests for 5 to 6 years. By the fall of the third year, the percentages of clover (average of two tests) in the Ladino clover-tall fescue untreated check and in the fungicide (F), insecticide (1), and F + I treatments were 12 % , 34 % , 50 % , and 7 4 % , respectively. These studies showed that physical management per se, although important in the short run, will not provide long-lived Ladino clover stands and that an entomological-pathological complex was largely responsible for the loss of stand and low productivity after the first 2 years.
