Effect of seeding rate on the forage yield and yield components of Me die ago lit t oralis, cv. Harbinger

Abstract

The effect of seeding rate on the forage yield and yield components of Medicago lit-toralis, cv. Harbinger was studied during 1982-1983 at the Faculty of Agriculture Farm, Tripoli, Libya.

Forage yield and number of plants on hectare bases were increased significantly by increasing the seed rate, whereas individual plant forage yield was decreased significantly by increasing the seeding rate. The plant length also was increased by increasing seed rate but this increase was non significant. The maximun forage yield of 9.56 and 2.92 tons/ha, on fresh green and oven dried weight bases, respectively were obtained with a seeding rate of 20 Kg/ha and the lowest yield 5.34 and 0.92 tons/ha of fresh and oven dried forage, respectively with a seeding rate of 5 Kg/ha.