Alfalfa Yield Component Responses to Seeding Rate Several Years after Establishment

Little information is available regarding the relationships of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) forage yield with yield components in seed-established stands grown under dryland conditions. Field experiments that included two cultivars and 15 seeding rates ranging from 2.2 to 33.6 kg pure live seed ha #751 were established in 1985 at Brookings and Highmore, SD. The objective was to determine seeding rate effects on components of alfalfa forage yield and on plant morphology several years alter establishment (...)