Variety selection in intensive alfalfa cutting management
| Title: | Variety selection in intensive alfalfa cutting management |
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| Authors: | Milić Dragan, Katanski Snežana, Milošević Branko, Živanov Dalibor |
| Source: | Ratarstvo i Povrtarstvo, Vol 56, Iss 1, Pp 20-25 (2019) |
| Publisher Information: | Institute of field and vegetable crops, Novi Sad, 2019. |
| Publication Year: | 2019 |
| Collection: | LCC:Plant culture LCC:Biotechnology |
| Subject Terms: | alfalfa, breeding, cutting regime, persistence, yield, Plant culture, SB1-1110, Biotechnology, TP248.13-248.65 |
| More Details: | Alfalfa is an autotetraploid, perennial forage crop adapted to different environments and management systems. Trial with 12 alfalfa populations was established in spring of 2014. The research involved 9 commercial alfalfa varieties from IFVCNS, Serbia, and included 3 experimental populations in the final phase of breeding program. The main objectives of this paper were to examine the impact of variety selection on alfalfa yield and plant height in intensive cutting management in order to define harvesting strategies (using 6 and 5 cuts per season), with main goal to maximize profit on alfalfa farms in Serbia and Southeast Europe. Our study clearly demonstrates that there is genetic potential in some Serbian varieties (NS Sila, Nera, NS Jelena, and Banat VS) for use in intensive cutting systems with 6 cuts per year that can meet farmers' needs in conventional or organic type of alfalfa hay production.This research represents an initial guideline for the alfalfa variety selection in intensive cutting management systems in Serbia and Southeast Europe. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English Serbian |
| ISSN: | 1821-3944 2217-8392 |
| Relation: | https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/1821-3944/2019/1821-39441901020M.pdf; https://doaj.org/toc/1821-3944; https://doaj.org/toc/2217-8392 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/34471242ad2a484dbbf8b0cd06a68708 |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.34471242ad2a484dbbf8b0cd06a68708 |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 18213944 22178392 |
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| Published in: | Ratarstvo i Povrtarstvo |
| Language: | English Serbian |