Alfalfa NARDIAN

A high-yielding and persistent, abundantly leafy and disease-resistant alfalfa

• Semi-dormant
• Excellent production potential in any environment
• The leaf/stem ratio is very high
• Quickly recovers after cuts
• Healthy leaves and roots
• Particularly resistant to fusarium, phytophthora, anthracnose and aphid attacks
• Due to low lignification, the resulting hay has a high protein content

• Yield (annual yield index in 5 locations with 5 harvests (2020) or 4 harvests (2021)) – 4.7 points
• Quality – 2.7 points
• Development in early stages – 2.5 points
• Competitiveness – 3.5 points
• Persistence – 2.5 points
• Resistance/tolerance to winter cold – 2.8 points
• Resistance/tolerance to leaf diseases – 4.5 points
• Resistance/tolerance to alfalfa wilt – 3.5 points
• DOM (digestible organic matter) – 4.5 points
• Stability – 4.7 points
• Stem texture – 5.2 points
• Index – 3.85 points

*Rating scale: 1 = very high or very good; 5 = moderate; 9 = very low or very bad

**Source: 2019-2021 results of yield studies and observations in Switzerland. Ergebnisse der Ertragserhebungen und Beobachtungen in den Jahren 2019 bis 2021 Luzerne: Zwei neue Sorten für den schweizerischen Futterbau empföllen | Pflanzenbau / Agrarforschung Schweiz 14: 1–7, 2023

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