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<blockquote data-quote="Great In Grass" data-source="post: 3380864" data-attributes="member: 79"><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>DLF Breeder's Corner - red clover</strong></span></p><p><em>What can you expect from our future red clover varieties? We asked our plant breeder, Libor Jalûvka, to explain the progress of our red clover development programme that takes place at our breeding station in the Czech Republic.</em></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.dlf.com/Files/Images/dlf.com/About%20DLF/Newsletters/Forage%20News/2017/Trials_with_red_clover_711.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>Red clover (<em>Trifolium pratense</em> L) is the most useful perennial legume cultivated in central and northern Europe. Red clover is tolerant of shallow, acid and wet soils, and it performs very well when grown in partnership with grasses.</p><p></p><p>As a result, farmers are growing more red clover. In sustainable grassland systems, red clover raises drymatter yields and improves forage quality without the need for added nitrogen. The one factor that hampers wider use in permanent grassland is red clovers relatively short longevity, a feature that is closely related to disease resistance.</p><p></p><p>Farmers traditionally harvest red clover based stands three times a year. Change is coming as animal performance continues to rise, and climate change extends the growing season. In some parts of Europe, it is common to see four and sometimes five cuts a year.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>DLF breeding programme</strong></span></p><p><img src="http://www.dlf.com/Files/Images/dlf.com/About%20DLF/Newsletters/Forage%20News/2017/Red_clover_250.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Our breeding programme has six goals. They are:</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">To increase persistence, which is equivalent to increasing disease resistance</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">To increase dry-matter yield</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">To improve resistance to diseases such as Anthracnose, Sclerotinia and Fusarium</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">To improve compatibility with grasses in seed mixtures</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">To develop later-flowering varieties</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">To reduce protein degradation</li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Great In Grass, post: 3380864, member: 79"] [SIZE=6][B]DLF Breeder's Corner - red clover[/B][/SIZE] [I]What can you expect from our future red clover varieties? We asked our plant breeder, Libor Jalûvka, to explain the progress of our red clover development programme that takes place at our breeding station in the Czech Republic.[/I] [IMG]http://www.dlf.com/Files/Images/dlf.com/About%20DLF/Newsletters/Forage%20News/2017/Trials_with_red_clover_711.jpg[/IMG] Red clover ([I]Trifolium pratense[/I] L) is the most useful perennial legume cultivated in central and northern Europe. Red clover is tolerant of shallow, acid and wet soils, and it performs very well when grown in partnership with grasses. As a result, farmers are growing more red clover. In sustainable grassland systems, red clover raises drymatter yields and improves forage quality without the need for added nitrogen. The one factor that hampers wider use in permanent grassland is red clovers relatively short longevity, a feature that is closely related to disease resistance. Farmers traditionally harvest red clover based stands three times a year. Change is coming as animal performance continues to rise, and climate change extends the growing season. In some parts of Europe, it is common to see four and sometimes five cuts a year. [SIZE=4][B] DLF breeding programme[/B][/SIZE] [IMG]http://www.dlf.com/Files/Images/dlf.com/About%20DLF/Newsletters/Forage%20News/2017/Red_clover_250.jpg[/IMG] Our breeding programme has six goals. They are: [LIST] [*]To increase persistence, which is equivalent to increasing disease resistance [*]To increase dry-matter yield [*]To improve resistance to diseases such as Anthracnose, Sclerotinia and Fusarium [*]To improve compatibility with grasses in seed mixtures [*]To develop later-flowering varieties [*]To reduce protein degradation [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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