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Abstract:
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1. Historical perspectives -- 2. Biosystematics and interspecific hybridization -- 3. Reproductive biology, genetics and evolution -- 4. Morphology and physiology -- 5. Management, utilization, quality and antiquality -- 6. Fungal diseases -- 7. Virus diseases -- 8. Nematode diseases -- 9. Insect pests -- 10. Persistence -- 11. Rhizobium relationships -- 12. Breeding methodology -- 13. Tetraploid red clover -- 14. Tissue culture -- 15. Seed production -- 16. Germplasm acquisition, maintenance, and evaluat
This book examines the literature on red clover since about 1985. In each of the 17 chapters, an effort was made to summarize the earlier literature and to integrate the recent findings into the background. The timing is appropriate with the present interest in sustainable agriculture, in which red clover was so prominent in the past. This is the first book to be published which deals solely with this important forage species. Audience: Primarily scientists and scientifically trained technicians who will
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