Title: Achievements in breeding annual forage crops in Serbia
Abstract: Annual forage crops have long tradition of growing in Serbia and take a prominent place in diverse farming systems, representing an indispensible source of supplying animal husbandry with quality feed. So far, there have have been developed 21 cultivars of annual forage legumes in Serbia, with ten cultivars of field pea, eight cultivars of common vetch, two cultivars of hairy vetch and one cultivar of Hungarian vetch (Table 1). The main direction in breeding annual forage legumes is for aimed at yield, comprising breedinf for forage yield, breeding for grain yield and breeding for forage and grain yield. Other directions in breeding annual forage legumes are aimed at the improvement of tolerance to low temperatures, drought, soil reaction and diseases and pests. Breeding forage sorghum and Sudan Grass resulted in ten cultivars and hybrids (Table 2), while breeding forage brassicas resulted in the only Serbian cultivar of fodder kale NS-Bikovo.
Publication Year: 2007
Publication Date: 2007-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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