Alfalfa ALGONQUIN

Medium-early, productive, winter-hardy alfalfa resistant to bacterial wilt

• Dry matter yield – 8.3-16.0 t/ha (1978-1980)
• Good foliage, high yield of green mass
• Viable
• Produces lots of small/medium sized leaves
• Wide crown
• Resistant to bacterial wilt (BW) caused by Corynebacterium insidiosum (McCull.) H.L. Jens
• Winter hardy
• Flowers – light purple, some – almost white (in later generations, yellowish flowers may also appear)
• Seed yield in studies in Canada – up to 427 kg/ha
• Can be grown both alone and in mixtures with grasses in pastures

• Fall dormancy – 2 points (where 1 is most dormant, 9 – least dormant)
• Winter hardiness – 2 points (where 1 is most hardy, 6 – least hardy)
• Resistance to bacterial wilt (Corynebacterium insidiosum (McCull.) H.L. Jens) – highly resistant
• Resistance to fusarium (root rot caused by Fusarium spp.) – resistant

*Source https://www.agassizseed.com/seed/ag-seed/alfalfa-seed

• Dry mass yield – 9.4-13.5 t/ha
• Dry mass yield:
• 1st cut – 4.1 t/ha
• second cut – 2.7 t/ha
• third cut – 2.6 t/ha
• fourth cut – 1.6 t/ha
• Plant height:
• 1st cut – 73.0 cm
• second cut – 58.1 cm
• third cut – 66.6 cm
• fourth cut – 30.5 cm
• Leaf/stem ratio:
• 1st cut – 48.0
• second h cut – 50.7
• third cut – 46.8
• fourth cut – 46.0

* in the research conducted in China in 2002-2007. Source: Sun Y, Yang Q, Kang J, e. al. Yield Evaluation of Seventeen Lucerne Cultivars in the Beijing Area of ​​China. www.ccsenet.org/jas Journal of Agricultural Science Vol. 3, no. 4; December 2011. ISSN 1916-9752 E-ISSN 1916-9760

The varietal parameters may differ from those indicated here when the testing circumstances differ from quondam