Open AccessSelecting white clover (Trifolium repens L.) for sheep and cattle grazing environments
Author(s) -
Zulfi Jahufer,
Jesse Ford,
J. R. Caradus,
D. R. Woodfield
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
grassland research and practice series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2463-4751
pISSN - 0110-8581
DOI - 10.33584/rps.12.2006.3025
Subject(s) - grazing , trifolium repens , agronomy , biology , cultivar , white (mutation) , cattle grazing , spring (device) , engineering , mechanical engineering , biochemistry , gene
Adaptation to different grazing systems is an important attribute in white clover breeding. A set of 41 white clover breeding lines and nine commercial cultivars were evaluated under two grazing systems, sheep and cattle, in Manawatu. The objective was to identify lines with either specific or broad adaptation to these two different grazing systems. The trials were established in late autumn 1997 and completed in autumn 2000. Visual scores of clover yield for spring, summer, autumn and winter of year 2 and spring, summer and autumn of year 3 were analysed. There was significant (P