Alsike clover LOMIAI

A mid-early diploid alsike clover with good resistance to fungal diseases

• High yields
• Leafy
• Resistant to lodging
• Winter-hardy

• Green mass dry matter yield potential – 7.22-8.58 t/ha – 7 points
• Seed yield – 0.32-0.417 t/ha – 4 points
• Winter hardiness – 8 points
• Earliness – 6 points

*According to LRCAF IA (LAMMC ŽI) research data

• The average length of the vegetation period – 151 days (counting from January 1 to the first harvest)
• Green mass dry matter yield – 4.94 t/ha
• Green mass dry matter yield potential – 6.19 t/ha
• Seed yield – 0.16 t ha
• The average height of the plants – 40 cm
• Winter hardiness – 5.4 points (in the research year, there were unfavourable winters after sowing)
• Resistance to lodging – 7.2 points
• Protein content in DM – 17.8-20.7 %
• Fiber content in DM – 11.7-16.1 %
• Leafiness – 32.6 %
• In the years of testing, the plants of this variety were very little affected by diseases

* According to data of the variety economic value studies at the Plunge and Pasvalys AVT stations, 2001-2003.

• Beginning of flowering – 5 points
• Beginning of flowering (in Germany) – 64 days. after April 1
• Growth height/initial development – 5 points
• Stem length when fully developed – 5 points
• Aftermath plant’s stem length – 6 points
• Primary mass formation – 5 points
• Tendency to dormancy – 5 points
• Tendency to lodging – 5 points
• Susceptibility to clover cancer – 5 points
• Total dry matter yield – 5 points
• Dry matter yield of the first harvest – 5 points
• Dry matter yield of subsequent harvests – 5 points
• Green protein content – 5 points
• Total yield of DM in the 2nd harvest – 5 points
• Persistence – 5 points

*According to Beschreibende Sortenliste. Futtergräse Ersparsette, Klee, Luzerne, 2020, Bundessortenamt, data

• Beginning of flowering – 5 points (medium early)
• Growth height/initial development – 5 points
• Stem height / fully developed – 5 points
• Mast height at the aftermath – 6 points
• Primary mass formation – 5 points
• Tendency to dormancy – 5 points
• Tendency to lodging – 5 points
• Susceptibility to clover cancer – 5 points
• Total dry matter yield – 5 points
• Dry matter yield of the first harvest – 5 points
• Dry matter yield of all harvests – 5 points
• Total yield of DM in the 2nd harvest – 5 points
• Persistence – 5 points

*According to Beschreibende Sortenliste. Futtergräse Ersparsette, Klee, Luzerne, 2022, Bundessortenamt, data

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