Keywords: alfalfa, meadow clover, single-species sowing, mixed sowing, seeding rate, productivity

// Мелиорация.– 2021. – №4(98) – P 46–51

The productivity of alfalfaand meadow clover in singlespecial, mixed with each other and with meadow fescue, as well as in single-species, undercover and field pea crops was studied on a cohesive sandy soil with a high content of humus, phosphorus and potassium in the central part of Belarus in 2018–2020. It is established that the cultivation of alfalfain its pure form or with underseeding of meadow clover provides not only high productivity, but also the best economic indicators. Meadow clover shows high effectiveness only with two-year cultivation and sowing in pure form with a seeding rate of 4 million germinating seeds per 1 ha.