Vegetative and reproductive development of balansa clover

Abstract

The rate of emergence, time of the first mainstem leaf appearance, phyllochron and branch initiation and inflorescence development were quantified for balansa clover (Trifolium michelianum).

Seed development of arrowleaf, balansa, gland and Persian clover

“…A reproductive development scale was generated with a numeric score that represented the ontogenetical changes in the inflorescence from bud visible to harvest maturity in arrowleaf, balansa, gland and Persian clovers. For balansa clover, the reproductive development scale was generated previously by Monks (2009) (Table 3) and was used to track seed development of balansa clover in this study. Meanwhile, the scales created for arrowleaf, gland and Persian clover inflorescences (Tables 2, 4 and 5) were based on Monks (2009) with modification to account for the different reproductive structures for each species.…”

“…For balansa clover, the reproductive development scale was generated previously by Monks (2009) (Table 3) and was used to track seed development of balansa clover in this study. Meanwhile, the scales created for arrowleaf, gland and Persian clover inflorescences (Tables 2, 4 and 5) were based on Monks (2009) with modification to account for the different reproductive structures for each species. One hundred inflorescences per subplot were tagged at the first sign of pollination (stage 6).…”