Compiled by:
John Frame
Liaison Officer
Lowland Pastures Subnetwork
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
August 1993
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Animal responses to white clover
Abstract
Introduction
Potential nutritive value
Responses in dairy cattle
System studies
Responses in beef cattle and sheep
Conclusions
ReferencesNutritive value of white clover
Abstract
White clover content
Digestibility
Cell wall composition
Protein
Minerals
Intake
ReferencesWhite clover under grazing conditions: morphology and growth
Abstract
Introduction
Defoliation
Treading
Faeces and urine
Influence of grazing management
Conclusions
ReferencesAlternative uses of white clover
Abstract
Introduction
Support to arable cropping
Horticulture and viniculture
Extensification and diversification
Food and wine
Amenity and reclamation
Acknowledgements
References
Management of grass/clover continuously grazed with dairy cows.
1. Herbage height, yield and clover percent
Introduction
Materials and methods
Results and discussion
Acknowledgments
ReferencesBeef production based on ryegrass/white clover swards.
Introduction
Materials and methods
Results and discussion
ReferencesBeef production on continuously stocked grass and grass/clover swards
Introduction
Material and methods
Results and discussion
Conclusion
ReferencesPattern of crop development in fertilised and unfertilised grass/clover swards grown for silage
Introduction
Materials and methods
Results
Discussion and conclusions
Acknowledgements
ReferencesIntroduction
Comparison of white clover-based vs. lucerne-based legume-grass binary mixtures
Evaluation of binary mixtures of white clover with different grass species and varieties
Evolution of feeding value in function of clover content in binary mixtures of white clover with different grass species
ReferencesIntroduction
Materials and methods
Results and discussion
ReferencesPhyto-oestrogen content and oestrogenic effect of white clover
Introduction
Material and methods
Results
Discussion
ReferencesIntroduction
Material and methods
Results and discussion
Conclusions
ReferencesPlant characteristics of two contrasting white clover cultivars under rotational cattle grazing
Introduction
Materials and methods
Results
Conclusions
ReferencesComparative performance of white clover under cutting and continuous stocking by sheep
Introduction
Methods and materials
Results
Discussion
Acknowledgement
ReferencesA field evaluation of two white clover cultivars selected for winter hardiness
Introduction
Materials and methods
Results
Conclusions
Acknowledgement
ReferencesPerformance of white clover - perennial ryegrass mixtures under cutting
Production and persistence of white clover varieties under different climatic conditions
Introduction
Materials and methods
Results and discussions
ReferencesComparison of two grass/clovermixtures with either tall fescue/cocksfoot or perennial ryegrass
Introduction
Materials and methods
Results and discussion
ReferencesThe response to nitrogen and potassium fertilizer in grass white clover sward in North West Spain
Effects of urine patches and rest period on clover development in organic grass/clover sward
Introduction
Materials and methods
Results and discussion
ReferencesRye and forage herbs as companions for improving nutrient uptake in clover/grass swards
Introduction
Materials and methods
Results
Conclusions
ReferencesNitrate leaching measurement in grazed grasslands
Introduction
Materials and methods
Representativeness of the lysimeters
Water drainage and nitrate leaching losses
Nitrogen balance
Discussion
Conclusion
ReferencesNitrate leaching under grass/clover swards in Brittany, France
NB: Quantity of Ammonia Nitrogen
Introduction
Materials and methods
Results
Discussion
Conclusion
ReferencesSoil compaction and growth of roots on grass/white clover pasture
Introduction
Materials and methods
Results
Discussion
ReferencesIntroduction
Materials and methods
Results
Discussion
ReferencesSoil abiotic factors affecting emergence of white clover (Trifolium Repens L.) seedlings
Introduction
Methods and materials
Results
Discussion
Acknowledgement
ReferencesSensitivity of net photosynthesis to soil drought in white clover (Trifolium repens L.)
Introduction
Material and methods
Results
Discussion
ReferencesIntroduction
Materials and methods
Results and discussion
ReferencesSitona and other pest and disease damage to clover in the UK
Introduction
Materials and methods
Results
Discussion and conclusions
Acknowledgement
ReferencesDevelopment of a low-input bi-cropping system for growing cereals in an understorey of white clover
Introduction
Development of novel system
Choice of cereal
Pests, diseases and weeds
Acknowledgement
References