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Reaction of cultivars and populations of alfalfa on heat and drought in Volga Region

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The harvest of seed and green mass of alfalfa cultivars and population went down meaningfully during the last 2 years (2014, 2015). This period was characterized by higher values of average air temperature (by 1.0°С) and decreased relative air humidity (by 6.0%) and rainfall during the vegetation of alfalfa (by 107.0 mm). New varieties Sirena and Natali, as well as populations 2/08 and 6/04, were characterized by the highest yield of green mass and seeds in competitive variety trial.

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  1. Ershov Experimental Station of Irrigated Agriculture, Research Institute of Agriculture of the Southeast, Saratov oblast, 413502, Russia

    T. N. Popova, V. A. Naydovich & P. A. Kuznetsov

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Original Russian Text © T.N. Popova, V.A. Naydovich, P.A. Kuznetsov, 2016, published in Rossiiskaya Sel’skokhozyaistvennaya Nauka, 2016, Nos. 2–3, pp. 30–33.

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Popova, T.N., Naydovich, V.A. & Kuznetsov, P.A. Reaction of cultivars and populations of alfalfa on heat and drought in Volga Region. Russ. Agricult. Sci. 42, 246–248 (2016). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068367416030174

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