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Medicago sativa L.

Mid-flowering time, leafy, winter-hardy persistent alfalfa

  • Abundant yield
  • Well-distributed production throughout the growing season
  • Spring growth – fast
  • Plants – 80-85 cm (average height)
  • Stems – erect, thin, abundantly leafy, numerous
  • Leaf-to-stem ratio – high / excellent
  • Drought-resistant
  • Resistance to lodging – very high
  • Entry to wintering – early
  • Winter-hardy
  • Dormancy index – 4
  • Resistance to low winter temperatures – high / very resistant
  • Disease resistance – excellent
  • Rust resistance – good
  • Resistance to fusarium (Fusarium) – resistant
  • Resistance to mildew (Botrytis) – resistant
  • Resistance to brown spot (Cercospora) – resistant
  • Very deep root system – up to 5 m
  • Strong, well-adapted
  • Longevity – high
  • 1000 seed weight – 2 g
  • Quality of the fodder – high
  • Protein content – ​​over 21.5 %
  • Low lignin content
  • Used for hay, haylage production
  • Average green mass yield – 76.0 t/ha
  • Average dry matter yield – 16.77 t/ha
  • Flowers – mostly light purple, single – dark purple, variegated and green-yellow, creamy, etc.
  • Seed yield (in the Czech Republic) – 460-670 kg/ha

*According to data from variety testing trials in Czech Republic, 1991-1994.

  • Green mass yield – 18.62-38.03-54.64 t/ha
  • Dry matter yield – 4.82-8.25-11.66 t/ha
  • Vegetation period – 65-105-126 days
  • Leafiness – 38.0-43.2-58.9 %
  • Resistance to lodging – 8 points
  • Drought resistance – 8-9 points
  • Winter hardiness – 8-9 points
  • Resistance to brown rust – 9 points
  • Resistance to downy mildew – 9 points
  • Resistance to Cercospora – 9 points
  • Resistance to Stemphylium (Stemphylium leaf spot) (yellow spot) – 9 points
  • Seed yield – 0.12-0.17-0.18 t/ha
  • Protein content – ​​17.1-21.8-26.4 %

*According to the data of variety research in Ukraine, 2021 (Average of research data from 9 research stations in different zones)

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

The advantages of coated seeds:

  • Allows more precisely to incorporate small size seeds with low sowing rate
  • Protect seed from mechanic stress caused by sowing machines
  • Protect seed from birds and insects - in fact coating components are not toxic but they don’t even attract them
  • The extra-resistance of the coating avoids dust leakage and dust accumulation in the sowing machine
  • Have less hard-seed content which means higher immediate germination percentage on the establishment of crop

The advantages of inoculated seeds:

  • Rapid and safe establishment of the plant
  • Plants have at their disposal high quantities of nitrogen fixed by the Rihizobia
  • Saving in fertilization
  • More productive plants
  • High quality forage with maximum protein content in the plant

 


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