Annual clovers around the world: current status and future prospects

This paper reviews the distribution and importance of annual clover (Trifolium) species for pasture and fodder production systems globally. Of the 158 recorded annual Trifolium species, 65.2% are endemic to the Mediterranean basin and surrounding areas, 14.6% to sub-Saharan Africa, 17.7% to the U...

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Main Authors: Nichols, Phillip Geoffrey Harwood, Smith, Gerald, Moot, Derrick, Ates, Serkan, Porqueddu, Claudio, Rios, Esteban, Louhaichi, Mounir, del Pozo, Alejandro, Kotze, Annemare, Humphries, Alan W, Ghamkhar, Kioumars, Ryan, Megan
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Language:Inglés
Published: Curran Associates 2023
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/135979
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author Nichols, Phillip Geoffrey Harwood
Smith, Gerald
Moot, Derrick
Ates, Serkan
Porqueddu, Claudio
Rios, Esteban
Louhaichi, Mounir
del Pozo, Alejandro
Kotze, Annemare
Humphries, Alan W
Ghamkhar, Kioumars
Ryan, Megan
author_browse Ates, Serkan
Ghamkhar, Kioumars
Humphries, Alan W
Kotze, Annemare
Louhaichi, Mounir
Moot, Derrick
Nichols, Phillip Geoffrey Harwood
Porqueddu, Claudio
Rios, Esteban
Ryan, Megan
Smith, Gerald
del Pozo, Alejandro
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Smith, Gerald
Moot, Derrick
Ates, Serkan
Porqueddu, Claudio
Rios, Esteban
Louhaichi, Mounir
del Pozo, Alejandro
Kotze, Annemare
Humphries, Alan W
Ghamkhar, Kioumars
Ryan, Megan
author_sort Nichols, Phillip Geoffrey Harwood
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description This paper reviews the distribution and importance of annual clover (Trifolium) species for pasture and fodder production systems globally. Of the 158 recorded annual Trifolium species, 65.2% are endemic to the Mediterranean basin and surrounding areas, 14.6% to sub-Saharan Africa, 17.7% to the United States of America and 2.5% to Chile. Fourteen species have been commercialised, while other endemic and naturalised annual clovers are also utilised. Key species for self-regenerating pastures include T. subterraneum, T. michelianum and T. respinatum var. resupinatum, while major dual-purpose grazing and fodder species include T. incarnatum, T. vesiculosum, T. alexandrinum and T. respinatum var. majus. Less important commercial species include T. hirtum, T. squarrosum, T. nigrescens and T. cherleri. Australian scientists have also recently domesticated T. glanduliferum, T. spumosum, T. purpureum and T. dasyurum. The areas sown to annual clovers may increase in future years, due to increasing nitrogen (N) fertiliser costs, environmental concerns with N runoff. Climate change brings new challenges and opportunities for annual clovers. The forage plant genetic resource centres will be crucial for developing new adapted cultivars.
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spelling CGSpace1359792026-01-15T02:08:28Z Annual clovers around the world: current status and future prospects Nichols, Phillip Geoffrey Harwood Smith, Gerald Moot, Derrick Ates, Serkan Porqueddu, Claudio Rios, Esteban Louhaichi, Mounir del Pozo, Alejandro Kotze, Annemare Humphries, Alan W Ghamkhar, Kioumars Ryan, Megan forage plant breeding fodder cultivars trifolium pastures clover This paper reviews the distribution and importance of annual clover (Trifolium) species for pasture and fodder production systems globally. Of the 158 recorded annual Trifolium species, 65.2% are endemic to the Mediterranean basin and surrounding areas, 14.6% to sub-Saharan Africa, 17.7% to the United States of America and 2.5% to Chile. Fourteen species have been commercialised, while other endemic and naturalised annual clovers are also utilised. Key species for self-regenerating pastures include T. subterraneum, T. michelianum and T. respinatum var. resupinatum, while major dual-purpose grazing and fodder species include T. incarnatum, T. vesiculosum, T. alexandrinum and T. respinatum var. majus. Less important commercial species include T. hirtum, T. squarrosum, T. nigrescens and T. cherleri. Australian scientists have also recently domesticated T. glanduliferum, T. spumosum, T. purpureum and T. dasyurum. The areas sown to annual clovers may increase in future years, due to increasing nitrogen (N) fertiliser costs, environmental concerns with N runoff. Climate change brings new challenges and opportunities for annual clovers. The forage plant genetic resource centres will be crucial for developing new adapted cultivars. 2023-12-12 2023-12-28T15:09:00Z 2023-12-28T15:09:00Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/135979 en Limited Access application/pdf Curran Associates Phillip Geoffrey Harwood Nichols, Gerald Smith, Derrick Moot, Serkan Ates, Claudio Porqueddu, Esteban Rios, Mounir Louhaichi, Alejandro del Pozo, Annemare Kotze, Alan W Humphries, Kioumars Ghamkhar, Megan Ryan. (12/12/2023). Annual clovers around the world: current status and future prospects. Kentucky, United States of America.
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plant breeding
fodder
cultivars
trifolium
pastures
clover
Nichols, Phillip Geoffrey Harwood
Smith, Gerald
Moot, Derrick
Ates, Serkan
Porqueddu, Claudio
Rios, Esteban
Louhaichi, Mounir
del Pozo, Alejandro
Kotze, Annemare
Humphries, Alan W
Ghamkhar, Kioumars
Ryan, Megan
Annual clovers around the world: current status and future prospects
title Annual clovers around the world: current status and future prospects
title_full Annual clovers around the world: current status and future prospects
title_fullStr Annual clovers around the world: current status and future prospects
title_full_unstemmed Annual clovers around the world: current status and future prospects
title_short Annual clovers around the world: current status and future prospects
title_sort annual clovers around the world current status and future prospects
topic forage
plant breeding
fodder
cultivars
trifolium
pastures
clover
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/135979
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