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Medicago sativa L.

A high-yielding and persistent, abundantly leafy and disease-resistant alfalfa

  • Semi-dormant
  • Excellent production potential in any environment
  • The leaf/stem ratio is very high
  • Quickly recovers after cuts
  • Healthy leaves and roots
  • Particularly resistant to fusarium, phytophthora, anthracnose and aphid attacks
  • Due to low lignification, the resulting hay has a high protein content
  • Yield (annual yield index in 5 locations with 5 harvests (2020) or 4 harvests (2021)) – 4.7 points
  • Quality – 2.7 points
  • Development in early stages – 2.5 points
  • Competitiveness – 3.5 points
  • Persistence – 2.5 points
  • Resistance/tolerance to winter cold – 2.8 points
  • Resistance/tolerance to leaf diseases – 4.5 points
  • Resistance/tolerance to alfalfa wilt – 3.5 points
  • DOM (digestible organic matter) – 4.5 points
  • Stability – 4.7 points
  • Stem texture – 5.2 points
  • Index – 3.85 points

*Rating scale: 1 = very high or very good; 5 = moderate; 9 = very low or very bad

**Source: 2019-2021 results of yield studies and observations in Switzerland. Ergebnisse der Ertragserhebungen und Beobachtungen in den Jahren 2019 bis 2021 Luzerne: Zwei neue Sorten für den schweizerischen Futterbau empföllen | Pflanzenbau / Agrarforschung Schweiz 14: 1–7, 2023


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


Recommended sowing rate: 20-25 kg/ha, depth 0.5-1.0 cm

Recommended sowing rate when growing for green manure: 20-25 kg/ha