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‘Grasslands Sensation’ red clover (Trifolium pratense L.)

R. B. Claydon
W. Rumball
J. E. Miller

AgResearch Grasslands
Private Bag 11 008
Palmerston North, New Zealand

Abstract  ‘Grasslands Sensation’ red clover (Trifolium pratense L.), also known as ‘G40’, or ‘Swiss’, is a semi-erect and early flowering diploid cultivar, showing persistence and seasonal growth under close to hard grazing, especially in summer and early autumn. The cultivar has been bred from four Swiss red clover cultivars, and is the result of two breeding generations. It has a moderate formononetin level. The potential of ‘Sensation’ lies in pure or mixed pasture situations, and it will give high herbage production in the temperate regions that already use red clover. ‘Sensation’ was consistently more productive than the diploid cultivar ‘Grasslands Colenso’ in field trials, and also outyielded tetraploid cultivars up to the fourth summer.

Keywords   ‘Grasslands Sensation’ red clover; Trifolium pratense L.

A02066; Received 18 November 2002; accepted 10 July 2003; online publication date 5 November 2003
New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research, 2003, Vol. 46: 355–357
0028–8233/03/4604–0355 $7.00/0 © The Royal Society of New Zealand 2003

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