Tormozin МА, Zyryantseva АА, Makarenko SA.

Animal Husbandry and Fodder Production. 2025. Vol. 108. No. 4. Р. 320-331.

doi:10.33284/2658-3135-108-4-320

Original article

Evaluation of selection forms and varieties of red clover (Trifolium pratense L.)

in the conditions of the Middle Urals

 

Maxim A Tormozin1, Anna A Zyryantseva2, Sergey A Makarenko3

1,2Ural Research Institute of Agriculture – Branch of the Ural Federal Agrarian Research Center of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Yekaterinburg, Russia

3 Ural Federal Agrarian Research Center of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences,

Yekaterinburg, Russia

1tormozinma@mail.ru, https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9108-4518

2anna.zyryantseva@mail.ru, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5154-3756

3sirius0775@mail.ru

 

Abstract. The article presents the results of studying meadow clover in a nursery of competitive variety testing (CVT). A comprehensive assessment of economically significant traits was conducted for 14 double-cut varieties and hybrid populations of red clover. The objective of the study was to identify promising red clover varieties that are comparable in winter hardiness to developed regionalized varieties, while exceeding them in green mass yield and nutritional value. The studies were conducted in the Department of Perennial Grass Breeding and Seed Production of the Ural Research Institute of Agriculture, a branch of the Ural Federal Scientific Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Yekaterinburg) in 2022-2024. Weather conditions over the study years varied significantly, from moderate in the year of sowing (2022), to extremely dry in the first year of red clover use (2023), and excessively wet in the third year of life (2024). The following selections demonstrated excellent dry matter yield in the first year of use: 159-07 – 5.66 t/ha (+8.0% compared to the standard), P204P – 5.73 t/ha (+9.4% compared to the standard), 144-01 – 5.88 t/ha (+12.2% compared to the standard), and 146-01 – 6.01 t/ha (+14.7% compared to the standard). In 2024, the second year of use, the dry matter yield for both cuttings totaled 4.54-9.30 t/ha. P204P stood out as a promising selection, achieving 9.30 t/ha (+5.8% compared to the standard). In 2023, high protein content was observed in the following varieties: 159-07 – 17.40%, Dixon – 17.37%. Protein yield for the season was at the level of 662-985 kg/ha. In 2024, in the second year of use, high protein content was observed in the following varieties: P204R – 17.21%, 146-01 – 17.18%. Protein yield for the season was at the level of 716-1511 kg/ha. The selected promising varieties will undergo further selection development in competitive and preliminary variety testing nurseries, and then, based on the results of three sets of tests, selection varieties will be determined that will be submitted for State Variety Testing.

Keywords: meadow clover, variety, selection samples, yield, dry matter, protein

Acknowledgments: the  work  was  performed  in  accordance to the plan of research works of Ural   Federal   Agrarian   Research   Center   of   the   Ural   Branch   of  the  Russian Academy of Sciences (No. 0532-2021-0008).

For citation: Tormozin МА, Zyryantseva АА, Makarenko SA. Evaluation of selection forms and varieties of red clover (Trifolium pratense L.) in the conditions of the Middle Urals. Animal Husbandry and Fodder Production. 2025;108(4):320-331. (In Russ.). https://doi.org/10.33284/2658-3135-108-4-320

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Information about the authors:

Maxim A Tormozin, Dr. Sci. (Agriculture), Leading Researcher, Department of Selection and Seed Production of Perennial Grasses, Ural Research Institute of Agriculture – Branch of the Ural Federal Agrarian Research Center of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 21 Glavnaya St., Istok village, Sverdlovsk Region, Yekaterinburg, 620061, tel.: +79221141028.

Anna A Zyryantseva, Researcher, Department of Selection and Seed Production of Perennial Grasses, Ural Research Institute of Agriculture – branch of the Ural Federal Agrarian Research Center of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 21 Glavnaya St., Istok village, Sverdlovsk Region, Yekaterinburg, 620061, tel.: +79058083455.

Sergey A Makarenko, Dr. Sci. (Agriculture), Deputy Director for Science, Ural Federal Agrarian Research Center of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 21 Glavnaya St., Istok village, Sverdlovsk Region, Yekaterinburg, 620061,  tel.: +79139992400.

The article was submitted 14.07.2025; approved after reviewing 22.08.2025; accepted for publication 15.12.2025.

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