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A very non-dormant alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) with high multifoliolate expression

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Besides forage yield and persistence, forage quality is also very important in alfalfa production. Alfalfa quality depends not only on the environment but also on cultivar and herbage leaf proportion (Lacefield, 2004). Alfalfa leaves have normally three leaflets, and leaves are more digestible and h...

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Main Authors: Odorizzi, Ariel, Arolfo, Valeria, Basigalup, Daniel Horacio
Format: info:ar-repo/semantics/documento de conferencia
Language:Inglés
Published: 2018
Subjects:
Medicago Sativa
Calidad
Condición de la planta
Quality
Plant Condition
Crude Protein
Proteina Bruta
Variación Genética
Diversidad Genética (como recurso)
Genetic Diversity (as resource)
Online Access:http://www.worldalfalfacongress.org/resumenes/?lang=en
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/4179
Summary:Besides forage yield and persistence, forage quality is also very important in alfalfa production. Alfalfa quality depends not only on the environment but also on cultivar and herbage leaf proportion (Lacefield, 2004). Alfalfa leaves have normally three leaflets, and leaves are more digestible and have higher nutritional value than stems. Therefore, one way of improving alfalfa quality can be to increase leaf/stem ratio (LSR) by selecting for a higher frequency of multifoliolate (MF) plants in the population, i.e., plants showing leaves with more than three leaflets (Etzel et al. 1988; Volenec & Cherney (1990).

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