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Article: A QTL analysis of white clover seed production.
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- Crop Science
- Article date:
- September 1, 2005
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FORAGE LEGUMES are a sustainable source of high-quality feed and plant-available nitrogen. White clover (2n = 4x = 32) is a component of many intensive pastoral systems in temperate latitudes, and will continue to play an important role in sustainable production systems (Rochon et al., 2004).
Seed-propagated forage species such as white clover must deliver twice: once in the seed grower's paddock, and once again in the farmer's paddock. Assessment of breeding progress during the past 60 yr indicates increased white clover productivity has been achieved in the farmer's paddock; however, during the same period, there was no change in seed production potential ...