Improvement of Forage Nutritive Quality of Alfalfa and Red Clover through Plant Breeding
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Quality Standard a | CP, %DM | ADF, %DM | NDF, %DM | RFV |
---|---|---|---|---|
Prime | >19 | <31 | <40 | >151 |
Premium (1) | 17–19 | 31–35 | 40–46 | 151–125 |
Good (2) | 14–16 | 36–40 | 47–53 | 124–103 |
Fair (3) | 11–13 | 41–42 | 54–60 | 102–87 |
Poor (4) | 8–10 | 43–45 | 61–65 | 86–75 |
Reject (5) | <8 | >45 | >65 | <75 |
Alfalfa | Quality Traits, %DM | Alfalfa | Quality Traits, %DM | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
POP/CUL | CP | ADF | NDF | POP/CUL | CP | ADF | NDF |
L1 | 21.55 | 32.52 | 41.82 | L15 | 22.92 | 29.10 | 39.90 |
L2 | 21.25 | 31.66 | 41.13 | L16 | 22.01 | 29.82 | 39.86 |
L3 | 22.76 | 31.96 | 41.56 | L17 | 22.49 | 31.60 | 39.41 |
L4 | 22.06 | 31.37 | 40.09 | L18 | 21.99 | 31.65 | 40.47 |
L5 | 21.98 | 32.77 | 39.19 | L19 | 22.44 | 30.96 | 40.06 |
L6 | 21.73 | 31.61 | 41.38 | L20 | 22.49 | 30.02 | 38.94 |
L7 | 22.87 | 30.96 | 39.41 | OS 70 | 22.20 | 30.36 | 41.61 |
L8 | 23.47 | 29.32 | 44.64 | Slavonka | 21.64 | 30.84 | 41.53 |
L9 | 21.70 | 31.18 | 40.93 | Stela | 21.50 | 30.79 | 43.22 |
L10 | 23.11 | 28.48 | 38.74 | Drava | 22.61 | 31.69 | 44.37 |
L11 | 22.64 | 30.04 | 39.97 | Zdravka | 22.17 | 28.53 | 43.50 |
L12 | 23.15 | 28.97 | 38.23 | Vuka | 21.61 | 28.90 | 43.57 |
L13 | 22.68 | 30.39 | 40.93 | Average | 22.26 | 30.60 | 41.02 |
L14 | 21.76 | 30.20 | 42.06 | LSD 0.05 LSD 0.01 | 0.35 0.46 | 0.61 0.82 | 0.57 0.77 |
Red Clover | Quality Traits, %DM | Red Clover | Quality Traits, %DM | ||||
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POP/CUL | CP | ADF | NDF | POP/CUL | CP | ADF | NDF |
CD1 | 20.50 | 28.98 | 42.10 | CD12 | 20.49 | 29.66 | 46.94 |
CD2 | 20.09 | 28.61 | 47.00 | CD13 | 20.22 | 26.97 | 45.32 |
CD3 | 18.59 | 30.39 | 44.09 | CD14 | 19.14 | 27.91 | 41.56 |
CD4 | 18.74 | 24.62 | 42.20 | CD15 | 19.52 | 27.80 | 42.46 |
CD5 | 18.63 | 26.86 | 44.64 | CD16 | 20.87 | 27.32 | 41.79 |
CD6 | 18.64 | 28.50 | 45.45 | CD17 | 18.91 | 29.20 | 43.86 |
CD7 | 19.50 | 28.83 | 45.05 | CD18 | 21.89 | 29.84 | 42.37 |
CD8 | 20.37 | 25.45 | 42.36 | CD19 | 19.32 | 27.52 | 40.50 |
CD9 | 18.65 | 29.63 | 46.45 | OS VIVA | 19.58 | 27.54 | 44.69 |
CD10 | 19.56 | 28.79 | 42.34 | Average | 19.66 | 28.30 | 43.86 |
CD11 | 19.95 | 31.58 | 46.02 | LSD 0.05 LSD 0.01 | 0.36 0.48 | 0.53 0.71 | 0.72 0.96 |
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Tucak, M.; Ravlić, M.; Horvat, D.; Čupić, T. Improvement of Forage Nutritive Quality of Alfalfa and Red Clover through Plant Breeding. Agronomy 2021, 11, 2176. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/agronomy11112176
Tucak M, Ravlić M, Horvat D, Čupić T. Improvement of Forage Nutritive Quality of Alfalfa and Red Clover through Plant Breeding. Agronomy. 2021; 11(11):2176. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/agronomy11112176
Chicago/Turabian StyleTucak, Marijana, Marija Ravlić, Daniela Horvat, and Tihomir Čupić. 2021. "Improvement of Forage Nutritive Quality of Alfalfa and Red Clover through Plant Breeding" Agronomy 11, no. 11: 2176. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/agronomy11112176