01806naa a2200253 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001902400540006010000190011424501000013326000090023352010560024265000190129865000220131765000210133965000200136065000230138065000230140365000210142665000120144765000230145965300220148277300480150415235962023-05-24       1979    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d7 ahttps://doi.org/10.1016/0304-3746(79)90023-42DOI1 aKRYLOVA, N. P.  aSeed propagation of legumes in natural meadows of the U.S.S.R. - Review.h[electronic resource]  c1979  aAbstract: Ecological aspects of legumes as components of natural meadows are reviewed, with particular attention to legume seed reserves in the soil; seed productivity (average number of seeds per plant or per fertile shoot); seed yield per unit area; seed shattering (drop) and dispersal; germination; and seedling emergence and establishment. Management techniques which affect propagation by seed of legumes in pastures include fertilizer use, mowing, grazing and over-sowing. Annual application of potassium, phosphorus and phosphorus-potassium fertilizers in the common double cut management does not eliminate year to year yield fluctuations. In long-term experiments the most widespread legume species, Trifolium pratense and T. hybridum, were propagated successfully by seeds in the second cut, after early mowing in the first cut or undercutting in May. Spring undercutting (early May) is advised only on meadows with good soil water conditions. Medicago falcata and Lotus corniculatus can be over-sown in order to enrich meadows with legumes  aForage legumes  aPlant propagation  aSeed germination  aSeed shattering  aTrifolium hybridum  aLotus Corniculatus  aMedicago Falcata  aSemente  aTrifolium Pratense  aPlanta leguminosa  tAgro-Ecosystemsgv. 5, n. 1, p. 1-22, 1979.