
Seed productivity of alfalfa varieties and its components
Author(s) -
T. N. Popova
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
agrarnyj naučnyj žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-9944
pISSN - 2313-8432
DOI - 10.28983/asj.y2020i12pp37-39
Subject(s) - sowing , agronomy , productivity , yield (engineering) , crop , perennial plant , cultivar , biology , herbaceous plant , selection (genetic algorithm) , mathematics , materials science , artificial intelligence , computer science , metallurgy , economics , macroeconomics
Alfalfa blue is a perennial, multi-cut herbaceous plant. The expansion of the lucerne sowing areas does not occur due to the lack of sufficient sowing material, which in turn is due to low seed productivity. The solution to this problem is possible only when moving to new varieties with high potential for seed yield and introducing improved technologies. Our article shows the characteristic of new varieties of alfalfa of the Ershovsky selection. New varieties Serena and Natalie had the highest seed harvest rates in 9 years. Natalie variety on average for 9 years (2009-2017) by the number of brushes on one stem, the number of seeds in the bean and the number of beans in the brush was higher than the Uzen variety-standard by 5.0 respectively; 11.0 and 6.0%. According to the correlation analysis of the indicators, the crop of seeds and seeds in the bean is significant positive.