Publication Date
1997
Description
California Ladino (Ladino) the recommended white clover (Trifolium repens L.) cultivar, was compared to ‘Milkanova’, ‘Ranger’, and ‘Will’ from 1994 to 1996 on a dairy farm in New York. Each cultivar was represented by clones of 40 different mother plants in four blocks. Within each block for each cultivar, individuals from ten different mother plants were planted in seven 1m rows. To compare the cultivars, stolon density, growing point density, stolon starch and sugar concentrations, and plants/m were measured in autumn and spring. During the growing season rows were visually rated and aboveground biomass was sampled to estimate yield. Stolon density, growing point density, and starch and sugar concentrations did not differ from Ladino for any of the cultivars in 1994/95 or 1995/96. Compared to Ladino, Milkanova produced more biomass toward the end of the 1995 drought, and Ranger had higher visual rankings for the 1995 grazing season.
Citation
Karsten, H D. and Fick, G W., "Winter-Hardiness and Pasture Productivity of Some White Clover Cultivars in New York" (2024). IGC Proceedings (1993-2023). 42.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/1997/session22/42
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Winter-Hardiness and Pasture Productivity of Some White Clover Cultivars in New York
California Ladino (Ladino) the recommended white clover (Trifolium repens L.) cultivar, was compared to ‘Milkanova’, ‘Ranger’, and ‘Will’ from 1994 to 1996 on a dairy farm in New York. Each cultivar was represented by clones of 40 different mother plants in four blocks. Within each block for each cultivar, individuals from ten different mother plants were planted in seven 1m rows. To compare the cultivars, stolon density, growing point density, stolon starch and sugar concentrations, and plants/m were measured in autumn and spring. During the growing season rows were visually rated and aboveground biomass was sampled to estimate yield. Stolon density, growing point density, and starch and sugar concentrations did not differ from Ladino for any of the cultivars in 1994/95 or 1995/96. Compared to Ladino, Milkanova produced more biomass toward the end of the 1995 drought, and Ranger had higher visual rankings for the 1995 grazing season.
