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dc.creatorOvalle M,Carlos
dc.creatordel Pozo,Alejandro
dc.creatorFernández,Fernando
dc.creatorChavarría,Jorge
dc.creatorArredondo,Susana
dc.date2010-03-01
dc.date.accessioned2019-04-24T21:18:58Z
dc.date.available2019-04-24T21:18:58Z
dc.identifierhttps://scielo.conicyt.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-58392010000100018
dc.identifier.urihttp://revistaschilenas.uchile.cl/handle/2250/55517
dc.descriptionThe present review examines the main attributes and agronomic characteristics of arrowleaf clover (Trifolium vesiculosum Savi) and its incorporation into production systems in dryland areas of the Andean foothills of the humid Mediterranean climate zone of Chile. It is a new species of annual legume in Chile for light and medium textured soils. The root system can reach a depth of 1.5 m and its seeds have a high percentage of hardseedness (99.8%). It is an upright plant, with purplish-white flowers. The mature plant has large arrow-shaped leaves up to 50 mm long, often marked with a large white "V". Dry matter and seed production in the Andean foothills is high (3.9-8.8 t DM ha-1 and 700-900 kg ha-1, respectively), surpassing the productivity of sub clover (Trifolium subterraneum L.) cv. Mount Barker and crimson clover (Trifolium incarnatum L.). However, DM production in the second year was lower, possibly because the high percentage of hardseedness inhibited plant emergence. The phenological records and productive performance suggest that arrowleaf clover could contribute to improving pastoral production in dryland areas with annual rainfall levels of more than 800 mm, such as the Andean foothills in the central-southern region of Chile.
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dc.languageen
dc.publisherInstituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias, INIA
dc.relation10.4067/S0718-58392010000100018
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.sourceChilean journal of agricultural research v.70 n.1 2010
dc.subjectarrowleaf clover
dc.subjectannual legume pastures
dc.subjectdryland Andean foothills
dc.subjectMediterranean pastures
dc.titleArrowleaf Clover (Trifolium vesiculosum Savi): A New Species of Annual Legumes for High Rainfall Areas of the Mediterranean Climate Zone of Chile


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