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
Nagy Bela / Ficsor Jozsef / Bech Lajosne
Medicago sativa L. · Alfalfa
Bocsa Ivan
Medicago sativa L. · Alfalfa
Medicago sativa L. · Alfalfa
Medicago sativa L. · Alfalfa
INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE, FR
Medicago sativa L. · Alfalfa
ANDERSSON BENGT
Medicago sativa L. · Alfalfa
Grass G.I.E.
Medicago sativa L. · Alfalfa
Zouliamis Nikolaos
Medicago sativa L. · Alfalfa
GREAT PLAINS RES.
Medicago sativa L. · Alfalfa
Amelioration Fourragere (FR)
Medicago sativa L. · Alfalfa
SCHITEA MARIADRAGAN LENUTA
Medicago sativa L. · Alfalfa
BARENBRUG AUSTRALIA PTY LTD
Medicago sativa L. · Alfalfa
Carlo Invernizzi
Medicago sativa L. · Alfalfa
Ernst Schmidt (Miremont FR) (FR)
Medicago sativa L. · Alfalfa
GIE GRASS (FR)
Medicago sativa L. · Alfalfa
Amelioration Fourragere (FR)
Medicago sativa L. · Alfalfa
Lino Piero Zignani
Medicago sativa L. · Alfalfa
GIE GRASS (FR)
Medicago sativa L. · Alfalfa
Szarvasi Medicago Kft., Szarvas
Medicago sativa L. · Alfalfa
HAO-DEMETER-Fodder Crops and Pastures Institute
Medicago sativa L. · Alfalfa
SCHITEA MARIADRAGAN LENUTA
Medicago sativa L. · Alfalfa
M. Mirchev, A. Atanasov, B. Yankov, D. Petkova, H. Yancheva, M. Grigorova
Medicago sativa L. · Alfalfa
HAO-DEMETER-Fodder Crops and Pastures Institute
Medicago sativa L. · Alfalfa
D. Petkova, D. Marinova, I. Ivanova