Red clover RESPECT

A mid-early high yielding diploid red clover with very good resistance to diseases

• High green and dry matter yield
• Very high persistence
• Medium high/high regrowth in spring and after cuts
• Good lodging resistance
• Very good health with improved resistance to viral diseases

• High yields of green and dry mass in all growing years
• Very good persistence
• Fast spring growth
• Medium speed regrowth after cutting
• Good resistance to lodging
• Excellent resistance to disease – increased resistance to viral clover diseases
• Shows better resistance to leaf spot
• Very good survival up to the 2nd year of use (i.e. 3 years of vegetation)
• The flowers (heads) should be red in colour, the colour intensity may change during flowering
• Possible appearance of white flowers

• Yield – 5.1 points (where 1 is very high or good; 9 is very low or bad)
• Overall impression – 3.6 points (where 1 is very high or good; 9 is very low or bad)
• Initial early growth – 3.3 (where 1 is very high or good; 9 is very low or poor)
• Competitiveness – 4.8 points (where 1 is very high or good; 9 is very low or bad)
• Persistence/longevity – 5.6 points (where 1 is very high or good; 9 is very low or bad)
• Frost resistance – 3.7 points (where 1 is very high or good; 9 is very low or bad)
• Resistance to Anthracnosis – 2.6 points (where 1 is very high or good; 9 is very low or poor)
• Resistance to leaf diseases – 2.6 points (1 being very high or good; 9 being very low or poor)
• Overall index – 3.84 (where 1 is very high or good; 9 is very low or bad)

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