Registration of "Sultan 1919" Red Clover (Trifolium pratense L.) Variety

Abstract

Sultan 1919 (Trifolium pratense L.) is short-lived perennial forage legume developed and registered by the Black Sea Agricultural Research Institute in 2019. In addition to being used primarily as a pasture crop for animal feeding, it is also used as green manure for increasing soil fertility and soil improvement due to its nitrogen fixation character. Sultan 1919 is developed through within-half sibling family selection as a mediumlate flowering and diploid variety during 2016-2019 growing seasons. Sultan 1919 (Trifolium pratense L.) is a high quality cool season forage plant with an average plant height of 86.9 cm, green stem and leaf color with purple flowers.