Keywords: clover, irrigation, plant height, foliage, leaf plate area, dry matter

// Мелиорация. – 2018. – №3(85).– P.69—73

Clover is the most widely spread perennial leguminous crop of the Republic of Belarus. The current register of varieties includes many varieties of meadow clover, which are different in terms of maturity and productivity, the technology of cultivation in irrigation conditions has not been studied, what makes this study relevant. During the whole period of the study the height of plants, foliage, leaf plate area and yield of dry matter were registered. On the basis of experimental data, it was found that the highest height of grass stand, leaf plate area and yield of dry matter is observed in all varieties of meadow clover of the background of 70–80 % of the lowest moisture content.