Hungarian Vetch
Registered Year: 2013
The Owner Institute of Variety: Central Research Institute for the Field Crops
Morphological Characters:
Plant height is 74.2 cm and natural plant height is 43.0-58.7 cm. Main stem thickness and main stem numbers per plant are 2.3- 2.8 mm and 2- 4, respectively. Flowers are white in color. Thousand grain weight is 32.9 gram. Its growth habit is semi-prostrate.
Agricultural Characters:
It’s winter-hardy and drought resistant. It’s grown alone and in a mixture with cereals (especially barley) for hay and silage production. Days to flowering and physiological maturity are 176-204 and 222-241, respectively. As green herbage yield is 1773.7 kg da-1 which is 5.7% more than controls (Tarmbeyazı-98 and Altonova -2002) yield (1678.5 kg da-1). The yield of hay is 489.6 kg da-1. Biological and seed yields are 456.9 kg/da and 90.2 kg/da, respectively. Its seed yield is 6.1% more than controls yield (85.0 kg da-1).
Technological Characters:
The percentages of crude protein, crude fiber, dry matter, NDF, ADF and crude oil are 12.6 %, 22.2%, 91.8%, 49.7%, 36.1%, and 0.6% in hay content, respectively. The percentages of crude protein, dry matter, and crude oil are 24.8%, 92.6% and1.8%, in grain content, respectively.
Variety Characteristics:
This variety is a winter crop for Central Anatolia Region and similar locations. Seeding rate is 7-8 kg per da for hay production. It may be grown in a mixture with barley for the production of hay and silage. In a mixture, barley and Hungarian vetch are sown as 4-5 kg da-1 and 7-8 kg da-1, respectively.