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Forage use of white clover

Trifolium repens L.

White clover is used exclusively as a pasture crop due to its high resistance to trampling and its ability to rapidly recover through rooting stolons. In grass mixtures, it serves as a source of biological nitrogen and increases the nutritional value of the forage.

In the reference 88 varieties crop White clover, where this is mentioned in the description.

The crop is specialized for intensive grazing, as its creeping stems allow the plant to maintain stand density under defoliation. Due to its short stature and morphological characteristics, white clover is poorly suited for mechanized hay harvesting.

In long-term pastures, the plant is capable of persisting for 8–10 years, providing nitrogen fixation of up to 400 kg/ha per year. It improves forage digestibility due to its high protein content and low lignin levels, while tolerating soil waterlogging better than other clover species.

When used for grazing, the risk of bloat in ruminants must be considered. The crop possesses high morphological plasticity, which allows it to adapt to conditions of intensive exploitation, where other legume species rapidly disappear from the sward.

General information about the subject — on the page Forage purpose.

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Varieties of White clover mentioned in the description

Selection based on the description text, not on official evaluation: these data are absent from registers. For specific variety details, please refer to its profile.

Aber dai

Active

Trifolium repens L. · White clover

Institute of Biological, Environmental & Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University

AT FR HU
10 records

Milkanova

Active

Trifolium repens L. · White clover

DLF-Trifolium (DK)

AT DE EE ES FR IT +3
16 records

Aran

Active

Trifolium repens L. · White clover

GERMINAL| Germinal Holdings Ltd.

DE DK FR IE NL
17 records

Silvester

Active

Trifolium repens L. · White clover

DLF-Seeds A/S

AT DE DK LU PL
16 records

Liflex

Active

Trifolium repens L. · White clover

Heinrich Busch^^^FEUERSTEIN ULF

AT DE FR NL UA
18 records

Jura

Active

Trifolium repens L. · White clover

Oseva

CZ DE HR SI SK UA
18 records

Klondike

Active

Trifolium repens L. · White clover

Klaus K. Nielsen

AT DE DK EE FR PL +1
13 records

Sonja

Active

Trifolium repens L. · White clover

Wirén, Gunnar

AT DK FR PL SE
14 records

Lirepa

Protection expired

Trifolium repens L. · White clover

EURO GRAS| Euro Grass Breeding GmbH & Co. KG

AT DE DK EE ES FR +2
13 records

Tasman

Active

Trifolium repens L. · White clover

WOODFIELD DEREK

DE FR NL PL
14 records

Merlyn

Active

Trifolium repens L. · White clover

MARIANNE MALENGIER IN FIRMA

AT DE LU SI
13 records

Grasslands Huia

Active

Trifolium repens L. · White clover

GRASSLANDS DIVISION

ES FR IE
12 records

Ramona

Active

Trifolium repens L. · White clover

Svalof Weibull AB

EE FR LT LV NL SE
13 records

Munida

Active

Trifolium repens L. · White clover

FORSCHUNGSANSTALT AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ

AT DE FR LU
10 records

Donna

Protection expired

Trifolium repens L. · White clover

IGER Institute of Grassland & Environmental Research (GB)

AT DE DK FR IE
10 records

Grasslands Demand

Active

Trifolium repens L. · White clover

Grasslanz Technology

FR NL
12 records

Vysočan

Active

Trifolium repens L. · White clover

Pavel Klement / Kvetoslava Klementova / Dr. Ing. Marie Zezulkova

CZ DE LU SK
11 records

Waverley

Active

Trifolium repens L. · White clover

SOUTH AUSTRALIAN SEED GROWERS CO-OPERATIVE LTD

IT
11 records

Kakariki

Active

Trifolium repens L. · White clover

Grasslanz Technology

FR IE IT
9 records

Apis

Active

Trifolium repens L. · White clover

FAL Station de Recherche Agronomique Federale (CH)

AT DE FR
11 records

Frodo

Active

Trifolium repens L. · White clover

Grasslands Innovation Ltd

DK
7 records

Bombus

Active

Trifolium repens L. · White clover

Forschungsanstalt Agroscope Reckenholz-Tänikon ART

AT DE SI
11 records

Karina

Terminated

Trifolium repens L. · White clover

PETERSEN| Asmus Soeren Petersen in Fa. P.H. Petersen Saatzucht Lundsgaard GmbH & Co KG

DE DK FR
7 records

Merida

Active

Trifolium repens L. · White clover

Rijksstation Voor Plantenveredeling (BE)

AT FR LU
7 records