New Approach for Increasing Egyptian Clover Productivity in North Delta

Egyptian clover (Trifolium alexandrinum, L.) considered the main winter forage crop for animal feeding in Egypt. It has a different advantages i.e. high nutritive value and crude protein content. Many efforts done to increase berseem green forage and seed production by many prospects i.e. seeding dates, seeding rates, cultivars, cutting schedules, fertilization, intercropping, seed mixture, salinity tolerance… ectsMain findings obtained from published data by Mansoura University team can summarized as follows:1-Mid-August planting significantly increased number of leaves per plant, seedgermination, number of seedlings per unit area, stem length, moisture percentage,amount of total nitrogen–free extract and total crude fibers. Planting date up to Mid-October significantly increased average of leaf to total ratio in green and matter,number of stems per plant, total ash, total nitrogen free-extracted, However, Mid-September planting significantly increased total crude protein, amount of total crudeprotein, total ether extracted in blades total crude fiber in blades, leaf area per plant andleaf to total ratio in dry matter. It could be stated that early planting on Mid-Septembermaximize forage production per unit area and enhancing forage quality.2-Miskawi cultivar surpassed Wafeer cultivar in percentages of total nitrogen in drymatter and amount of total nitrogen uptake amounts of total phosphorus uptake in drymatter of blades plus petioles stem number per plant, seed number per head and strawyield per unit area. It could be indicated that Miskawi cultivar produced more forageyield and its quality than Wafeer cultivar.3-It could be recommended that September planting and seedling 28.5 kg/ha was thebest with respect to seed-setting (seed yield/unit area).4-Maximizing forage yield and its quality by sowing berseem at seeding rate of 71kg/ha. Using drilling method increased forage yield and its attributes as well as foragequality than using broadcasting method.5-Longer roots was obtained from sprinkler irrigation treatment as compared surfaceirrigation using higher seeding rate led to longer roots and low seeding rate led tothicker roots with more dry weight. Green forage yield increased with increasingquantities of water. Sprinkler irrigation produce higher green forage, yield per unit areacompared with surface irrigation.6-Fertilizing mixture of 2 barley: 1 berseem with using 75 kg of both N and P2O5/haresulted highest forage production of both barley and mixtures.7-Adding 71-107 N/ha was the suitable dose for raising forage yield/unit area and crudeprotein percentage. Highest forage yield was obtained with mixing 48 kg berseem +28kg ryegrass and adding 107 kg N/ha. Highest crude protein percentage was produced from the solid planting of berseem at the rate of 47 kg/ha or the mixture of 48 kg berseem + 14 kg ryegrass with adding 71 or 107 kg N/ha.8-Green forage yield increased with increasing quantities of water. Sprinkler irrigationproduce higher green forage yield per unit area compared with surface irrigation.9-Soil salinity decreased in forage and seed yield, with a sharp reduction developedbetween EC and yield indicated that maximum yield obtained at 3.9 ECCopyright © 2016 Kandil et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.