Alfalfa organic seed production in central Italy
The European Union has about 140,000 organic farms,collectively covering about 5.8 million ha.Italy, with 0.95 million of ha, has the fourth largest area in the world (Willer and Yussefi,2006).Alfalfa ( Medicago sativ a L.) is an essential forage crop in the Italian organic system,and organic farmers need seed from well‐adapted varieties.The ability of a cultivar to give a high seed yield determines the competitive selling price, a key factor for its effective distribution (Falcinelli, 1999).In Italy, seed is harvested frequently on the second cut of the final year of the alfalfa rotation.In this study, seed yield and seed yield components of alfalfa populations were evaluated in dense stands under organic management.
Medicago sativa L . seed yield seed yield component organic farming
R.Torricelli M.Falcinelli
Plant biology,Agro-environmental and Animal Biotechnology Department University of Perugia Italy
国际会议
呼和浩特
英文
2008-06-29（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）