EVALUATION OF BIRD’S-FOOT TREFOIL INITIAL MATERIAL FOR FODDER AND SEEDS IN THE CENTRAL ZONE OF BELARUS
Abstract
The results of three-year researches of bird’s-foot trefoil collection accessions of different ecological and geographical origin by the basic morphological and agronomic characters under the soil and climatic conditions of the Central zone of Belarus are presented in the article. The sources of winter hardiness and different maturity of the varieties, spring rosette form and plant bush, fodder and seed productivity, resistance to prolification and pod shatter in the ripeness stage were identified.
About the Authors
A. A. BorovikBelarus
E. I. Chekel
Belarus
M. N. Kritsky
Belarus
I. A. Cherepok
Belarus
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For citations:
Borovik A.A., Chekel E.I., Kritsky M.N., Cherepok I.A. EVALUATION OF BIRD’S-FOOT TREFOIL INITIAL MATERIAL FOR FODDER AND SEEDS IN THE CENTRAL ZONE OF BELARUS. Arable Farming and Plant Breeding in Belarus. 2017;(53):356-361. (In Russ.)