WEL-COME

UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES, DHARWAD

COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, BIJAPUR

Presentation on
Varieties / hybrids of Lucerne ,berseem and
oats recommended for Karnataka and India

Presented by
SUPRIYA NYAMAGOUD
I.D.NO.--5978
 LUCERNE
 S.N: Medicago sativa
 Common name: Alfa-Alfa
 It can be grown as annual and perrenial crop.
 It is popular in Southern India
 It is known as “Queen of forage crop”,
 very rich in protein,vitamin,minerals,Ca and P
 100% palatable because it is less fibrous
 it has export potential hence it is known as “green gold”
 it has lactogenic effect
 crop can be fed as green fodder,hay ,dehydrated leaf meal and
pellets
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LUCERNE
 Varieties of lucerne
Varieties Characters
Sirsa-8 Annual lucerne suitable for growing in
Punjab,Haryana,Delhi & U.P
Sirsa-9 Perrenial,quick growing with deep green
foliage variety.grown in N.I. Yield 600-900
q/ha/year & 2.5-4.25 of seeds/ha/year
NDRI Selection No.1 Thick roots,leaves are smaller in size with
thin & rigid stem. Yield-1000 q GF/ ha/year.

Rambler It is recent introduced from Canada. It is

quite tolerant to very low temp.
RL-88 Most popular in Maharashtra
Anand-2 Most popular in Gujarat
IGFRI-5-244 National check variety
 VARIETIES FOR KARNATAKA

 LLC-5
 LLC-3
 LH-156
Gujarat is leading in Lucerne research.
 BERSEEM
• S.N: Trifolium alexandrinum
• Family: Leguminosae/pabaceae
• Common name: Egyptian clover
• It is annual/perrenial leguminous forage crop
• Best suited to winter conditions of North India
• Burseme ressembles lucerne
• Very popular in North India
• It is known as “King of forage crop”
BERSEEM
 VARIETIES OF BERSEEM
• DIPLOID VARIETIES
VARIETIES CHARACTERS

BL-1 Quick growing var produces

more tillers than miscavi
MUSCAVI Plants shrubby & erect
growing up to height of 45-75
cm.
Khadaravi

Chhindwara,IGFRI-99-1
TETRAPLOID VARIETIES

varieties characters

Pusa Giant It is auto tetraploid var. at

IARI,New Delhi from diploid
variety C-10. It has got greater
winter hardiness & frost
resistance
T-578
 OAT
• S.N: Avena sativa
• Common name: oats
• Family: Gramineae/poaceae
• It is a winter annual cereal forage crop
ressembled cultivated wheat
• Fodder is highly nutritious and palatable
• Fodder is protein rich
• Used both as hay and green fodder
OATS
 VARIETIES OF OATS

VARIETIES CHARACTERS

Kent It is resistant to rust, blight & lodging.

Algerian It is suitable for irrigated areas.

FOS-1/29 Suitable for growing in Punjab, Haryana,

Delhi & U.P.

Brunker-10 Mid season variety.

Coachman It is resistant to rust, blight & lodging

VARIETIES CHARACTERS

Weston-11 Early variety, tall growing. Yield-500 q/ha

Coker72-34 Is late variety & prostrate growth habit. It

is rust, blight & lodging.
HFO-114 It is most suited for growing in Haryana.

UPO-50 Medium, late & semi-erect variety

selected at Panthnagar.
UPO-94 Medium, late & semi-erect variety
selected at Panthnagar with plant height
of 75-80 cm.

OTHER VARIETIES
Fulghum-15, Flaming Gold, IGFRI-2688, IGFRI-302.
 REFERANCE
 Forage crop production
Principles and practices-B.N.Chatterjee &
P.K.Das
 www.feedipedia.org/berseem/248
 www.wikipedia.org/wiki/lucerne
 Modern techniques of raising field crops-
Dr. Chhidda Singh