Hungarian Vetch
Registered Year: 2002
The Owner Institute of Variety:Central Research Institute for the Field Crops
Morphological Characters:
Main stem length is 34.0-67.0cm. It grows semi-prostrate. Thousand seed weight is between 47.6 and 58.4 gram.
Agricultural Characters:
It’s winter-hardy and drought resistant. Flower color is pink. Number of days to flowering and physiological maturity are 157-240 days and 201-271 days, resceptively. Seeding rate changes from 8 to 10 kg da-1. As a forage, it is especially used for hay and silage. It’s possible to be grown alone and in mixtures with cereal grains (commonly barley). Maturity time is earlier 7 days than white flower Hungarian vetch (an example, Tarm Beyazı-98).
Yield Characters:
Hay and seed yields are 87.2 - 858.0 kg da-1, and 59.3-234.8 kg da-1, respectively.Averages of hay and seed yields are 329.6 kg da-1 and 117.8 kg da-1, respectively.
Technological Characters:
Crude protein is 14.9% in hay content.
Recomended Area:
This variety is winter crop for Central Anatolia Region and similar conditions.