Red clover EMARWAN

An early/mid-early, high-yielding diploid red clover

• Yields of green mass and dry matter in the first year of use – moderately high
• Yields of green mass and dry matter in the first year of use – high
• Dry matter yield – 12.4-17.3 t/ha
• Stem – short/medium length and medium thickness
• Leaves – medium length and width
• Fast spring growth, moderately fast regrowth after cutting
• Resistance to lodging – medium
• Resistance to clover cancer, leaf spot complex – medium
• Crude protein content – 17-25 %
• Amount of digestible nutrients – 70 %
• Taste/digestibility/edibility – 5 points
• The main use is for cutting
• Suitable for silage/hay/grazing and soil improvement
• Keeps well in the third year

• Germination – 7 points (out of 9)
• Spring vitality – 8 points (out of 9)
• Beginning of flowering – 3 points (out of 9) (June 23 in Japan)
• Plant height – 5 points (out of 9) (61.6 cm)
• Leaf length – 5 points (out of 9) (5.2 cm)
• Leaf width – 5 points (out of 9) (3.2 cm)
• Maturity – 6 points (out of 9)
• Number of stems – 5 points (out of 9)
• Number of internodes – 7 points (out of 9)
• Stem thickness – 5 points (out of 9) (5 mm)
• Regrowth – 6 points (out of 9)
• Resistance to summer – 7 points (out of 9)
• Autumn growth – 6 points (out of 9)
• Winterhardiness – 8 points (out of 9)
• Persistence – 7 points (out of 9)
• 1000 seed weight – 5 points (out of 9) (2.03 g)
• Seeds – coloured (14.6 % yellow, 31.0 % yellow with purple, 29.9 % purple, 24.5 % purple with a little yellow)          

• Amount of dry matter – 5 points (out of 9)
• Resistance to bean mosaic virus – 7 points (out of 9)
• Resistance to leaf spot (Leptosphaerulina trifolii) – 7 points (out of 9)
• Resistance to northern anthracnose (Kabatiella caulivora) (clover scorch) – 7 points (out of 9)
• Resistance to southern anthracnose (Colletotrichum trifolii) – 7 points (out of 9)
• Resistance to rust – 7 points (out of 9)
• Resistance to powdery mildew (Erysiphe trifolii) – 7 points (out of 9)
• Resistance to rot diseases – 5 points (out of 9)

*According to the Research in Japan in 1989-1990.

• Very fast growing
• Easy to establish
• Produces good quality fodder
• Tolerates shade
• Red clover can be an excellent alternative to alfalfa as an important forage for dairy cows 
• Replacing alfalfa with red clover in cow feeding can help reduce manure nitrogen and reduce protein breakdown in silage
• Feeding red clover to cows increases milk production, increases feed efficiency and energy value for cows by 10 %, and reduces nitrogen emissions by 1.5 tons/year per 100 cows

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