Effect of cutting on seed yield and quality of alfalfa

Eric, P.; Cupina, B.; Mihailovic, V.; Trifunovic, T.

Effect of cutting on seed yield and quality of alfalfa

1995

Eric, P. | Cupina, B. | Mihailovic, V. | Trifunovic, T. (Institut za ratarstvo i povrtarstvo, Novi Sad (Yugoslavia))

Effect of cutting on seed yield and quality of alfalfa, at five localities (producers) were studied in agroecological conditions of Vojvodina (Yugoslavia), for three years. Highest three-year average seed yield of alfalfa was achieved in second cutting (386,9 t/ha), than third (189,3 kg/ha) and lowest in first cutting (179,4 kg/ha). In year of sowing, first cutting gave most stability seed yield of alfalfa, third is recommended on condition with earlier mowing of first and second cutting for forage (alfalfa flour producers). A decisive role on alfalfa seed yield and quality formation is precipitation (amount and schedule), especially in time of blossoming, fructifications and seed filling.

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