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Within the period of 2004–2010, the possibility of cultivating some selected Fabaceae species as grassland mixture components was tested in field trials performed in Troubsko, Czech Republic. The experiment was established using a standard grass mixture to which 50 seeds of single Fabaceae species were admixed. The standard grass mixture contained Festuca pratensis, Lolium perenne, Poa pratensis, Phleum pratense, and the hybrid Festulolium. Twenty species of the following genera were tested: Trifolium, Vicia, Lotus, Lupinus, Lathyrus, Astragalus, Melilotus, Medicago. The experiment was established in a randomised block design with three replicates. The size of each plot was 5 m2. Each plot was harvested twice per year. Average numbers of plants were calculated on the base of all wild species identified in the standard grass mixture. The survival of tested species was limited by soil-climatic conditions of the locality.
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Results presented in this study were obtained within the framework of the “National Programme of Preservation and Use of Plant Genetic Resources and Agrobiodiversity” that was financially supported by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic, the research project n° 2B06101 “Biodiversity and Optimisation of Agricultural and Fluvial Landscapes in the Czech Republic”, that was financed by the Ministry of Education and Youth of the Czech Republic, and the research project MSM 2629608001 hat was also supported by the Ministry of Education and Youth of the Czech Republic.
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Knotová, D., Pelikán, J., Raab, S. (2014). The Utilisation of Wild Fabaceae Species in Grasslands. In: Sokolović, D., Huyghe, C., Radović, J. (eds) Quantitative Traits Breeding for Multifunctional Grasslands and Turf. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9044-4_13
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