Results of red clover (Trifolium pratense L) breeding at the Institute of field and vegetable crops

Abstract

Work on red clover (Trifolium pratense L) breeding at the Forage Crops Department of the Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops in Novi Sad began in the mid-1990s. The main task of breeding red clover, the second most important perennial forage legume, is to develop cultivars that produce high forage yields. Besides the breeding for the main forage yield components special attention has been paid to increasing the protein content and developing genotypes tolerant of low temperatures, lodging and major diseases in economic terms. Our work thus far on red clover breeding using mass (phenotypic recurrent) selection has resulted in the release of two cultivars - Kolubara (2000) and Una (2004 god). More recently, work on red clover hybridization has begun as well.

Rad na oplemenjivanju crvene deteline (Trifolium pratense L) u Zavodu za krmno bilje Naučnog instituta za ratarstvo i povrtarstvo u Novom Sadu započeo je 90-tih godina XX veka. Glavni zadatak u oplemenjivanju crvene deteline druge po značaju višegodišnje krmne leguminoze je stvaranje sorti koje daju visok prinos krme. Pored oplemenjivanja na glavne komponente prinosa krme posebna pažnja je posvećena povećanju sadržaja proteina, kao i stvaranju tolerantnih genotipova na niske temperature, poleganje i ekonomski-značajnije bolesti. Kao rezultat dosadašnjeg rada na oplemenjivanju crvene deteline primenom masovne, odnosno fenotipske rekurentne selekcije do sada su priznate dve sorte: Kolubara (2000 god) i Una (2004 god). U skorije vreme započet je rad na hibridizaciji crvene deteline.