Variety traits
Medicago sativa L.
A complex indicator of perennial crop productivity, evaluated through dry biomass mass per growing season and seed productivity. Yield depends on the mowing phase, water regime, and phosphorus-potassium nutrient supply.
In the reference 163 varieties crop Alfalfa, where this is mentioned in the description.
Alfalfa yield assessment is based on direct weighing of green mass, which is optimally harvested at the budding or early flowering stage. The main criterion for forage productivity is dry matter mass, determined after drying the samples, while seed productivity is recorded after threshing.
Average hay yields in temperate conditions are 8–10 t/ha per year, reaching 20–30 t/ha and higher under intensive irrigation. Seed productivity varies within the range of 1–2 dt/ha. Crop formation is critically influenced by soil acidity, moisture availability for shoot regrowth, and plant stand density, although shifting harvest to the full flowering phase increases the volume of green mass but reduces protein content.
General information about the subject — on the page Yield.
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.
Medicago sativa L. · Alfalfa
Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops (SB)
Medicago sativa L. · Alfalfa
PASTURE GENETICS
Medicago sativa L. · Alfalfa
THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND ST. LUCIA CAMPUS
Medicago sativa L. · Alfalfa
Danielson Briggs Gardner
Medicago sativa L. · Alfalfa
Tourneur Grandes Cultures Obtentions SNC (FR)
Medicago sativa L. · Alfalfa
Barenbrug Holland BV (NL)
Medicago sativa L. · Alfalfa
S. A. FLORIMOND DESPREZ VEUVE ET FILS
Medicago sativa L. · Alfalfa
SCHMIDT HERMANN
Medicago sativa L. · Alfalfa
Barenbrug Holland BV (NL)
Medicago sativa L. · Alfalfa
Florimond Desprez Veuve et Fils, FR
Medicago sativa L. · Alfalfa
Grass G.I.E.
Medicago sativa L. · Alfalfa
Vincent Beguier
Medicago sativa L. · Alfalfa
H.J.M. Barenbrug
Medicago sativa L. · Alfalfa
Vincent Beguier
Medicago sativa L. · Alfalfa
Klaus K. Nielsen
Medicago sativa L. · Alfalfa
Limagrain Genetics Grandes Cultures SA (FR)
Medicago sativa L. · Alfalfa
Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture l'Alimentation et l'Environnement (INRAE) , Agri-Obtentions S.A.
Medicago sativa L. · Alfalfa
Tourneur Grandes Cultures Obtentions SNC (FR)
Medicago sativa L. · Alfalfa
Vaclav Stradal
Medicago sativa L. · Alfalfa
Paul Varga, Teodor Martura, Maria Schitea,
Medicago sativa L. · Alfalfa
Semillas Fito, E
Medicago sativa L. · Alfalfa
PLANT GENETICS
Medicago sativa L. · Alfalfa
ROBERTO GUARNIERI
Medicago sativa L. · Alfalfa
Agrogen spol. s.r.o.