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M J. Foulkes, AFRC
B C. Clifford, AFRC

Publication Date

1989

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The UK market for seed of white clover (Trifolium repens L.) cultivars is in the order of 1,000 t within an EEC total of some 3,500 t. Although high yields of around 500 kg ha-1 can be achieved, yields are extremely variable (Hides, Lewis and Mar­shall, 1984) and this may be due in part to pathogenic attack. The results reported here are of a field experiment where dis­eases and pests were controlled by pesticide applications in plots grown under two simulated seed production man­agements.

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Some Effects of Diseases and Pests on Seed Production in White Clover, and Their Control

The UK market for seed of white clover (Trifolium repens L.) cultivars is in the order of 1,000 t within an EEC total of some 3,500 t. Although high yields of around 500 kg ha-1 can be achieved, yields are extremely variable (Hides, Lewis and Mar­shall, 1984) and this may be due in part to pathogenic attack. The results reported here are of a field experiment where dis­eases and pests were controlled by pesticide applications in plots grown under two simulated seed production man­agements.