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FODDER LEGUMES [2 records]

Record 1 2022-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Forage Crops
CONT

Availability of forage legumes is essential for better animal health, production and increasing the nutritive value of forage-based rations, besides providing a source of biological nitrogen fixation for enriching soil, reducing land degradation and mitigating climate change.

OBS

forage legume; fodder legume: designation usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • forage legumes
  • fodder legumes

French

Domaine(s)
  • Culture des plantes fourragères
CONT

L'implantation de légumineuses fourragères maintient la structure du sol, sa fertilité [et] favorise la vie microbiologique et la présence de microfaune.

OBS

légumineuse fourragère : terme extrait du «Glossaire de l'agriculture» et reproduit avec l'autorisation de l'Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques.

OBS

légumineuse fourragère : désignation habituellement utilisée au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • légumineuses fourragères

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cultivo de plantas forrajeras
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Record 2 2001-05-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant and Crop Production
  • Language (General)
CONT

Once a valid application for National Listing is accepted, seed of the variety will be requested for tests and trials designed to assess whether the variety is distinct, uniform and stable (DUS) and, in the case of agricultural crops, whether it has value for cultivation and use (VCU).

CONT

In many countries, variety registration also requires proof of adaptation to certain growing conditions and a test of the variety's processing and use characteristics. These Value for Cultivation and Use(VCU) tests involve multi-locational testing, determination of yield and yield-components, such as disease resistance, in comparison to the already existing varieties. Depending on the crop, VCU tests include certain use characteristics, such as cooking time of legumes, baking quality of wheat and digestibility of fodder.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cultures (Agriculture)
  • Linguistique (Généralités)
DEF

Série de tests officiels permettant pour une variété nouvelle de se rendre compte de sa productivité, de sa valeur d'utilisateur, et des facteurs de régularité de son rendement.

Spanish

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