Quantitative Traits Breeding for Multifunctional Grasslands and Turf

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Forage and Grasslands in a Sustainable Agriculture: New Challenges for Breeding....Pages 3-15
Agriculture, Forage Crops and Grasslands in Serbia: Production and Breeding....Pages 17-30
Front Matter....Pages 31-31
 Ex Situ Conservation of Genetic Resources of Forage and Turf Species in the IPK Genebank at Malchow....Pages 33-40
Genetic Response to Climate Scenarios in Dactylis and Festuca of Temperate Versus Mediterranean Origin....Pages 41-48
Monitoring of Vegetation Changes in Selected Sinkholes in the Moravian Karst, Czech Republic....Pages 49-54
Evaluation of a Diverse Collection of Red Clover Germplasm for Susceptibility to Clover Rot ( Sclerotinia trifoliorum ) and Other Important Traits....Pages 55-59
Variability of Alsike Clover ( Trifolium hybridum L.) Natural Populations from Serbia....Pages 61-66
Characterization of Some Local Populations of Medicago minima Collected in the Central Steppe of Algeria....Pages 67-71
Genetic Variability of the Most Important Traits in Meadow Fescue Accessions....Pages 73-79
Morphological Variation Between Perennial Ryegrass ( Lolium perenne L.) Natural Ecotypes....Pages 81-84
Variability of Selected Traits in the Czech Alfalfa Core Collection....Pages 85-90
Influence of Management and Habitat on Genotypic and Phenotypic Diversity of Dactylis glomerata ....Pages 91-95
The Utilisation of Wild Fabaceae Species in Grasslands....Pages 97-102
Assessment of Susceptibility of Different Alfalfa Genotypes to Colletotrichum destructivum ....Pages 103-108
The Czech Core Collection of Medicago spp.....Pages 109-116
Front Matter....Pages 117-117
Variation in Cell Wall Digestibility of Perennial Ryegrass at Heading Stage....Pages 119-124
Factors Influencing Animal Preference of Tall Fescue Genotypes....Pages 125-129
Fair Evaluation of Yield Potential in Forage Species Evaluation....Pages 131-135
Patterns of Morphophysiological Diversity and Their Implications for Selection of Grazing-Tolerant Lucerne....Pages 137-140
Combining Abilities of Different Alfalfa ( Medicago Sativa L.) Varieties....Pages 141-144
Front Matter....Pages 117-117
Towards Productive Summer Dormant Cocksfoot for Mediterranean Climates....Pages 145-149
Potential of Some Neglected European Annual Legume Crops for Forage Production....Pages 151-155
New Insights into Alfalfa Forage Quality Through the Research Project Qual&Medica....Pages 157-161
Certain Aspects of Breeding Forage Brassicas....Pages 163-166
Evaluation of Dormancy and Winter Hardiness of Alfalfa ( Medicago Sativa L.) Experimental Lines, Obtained by Crossing Parental Lines Characterized Within the Framework of the PERMED Project....Pages 167-171
Breeding Perennial Ryegrass with Enhanced Water Soluble Carbohydrate Content....Pages 173-176
Resistance of Perennial Ryegrass to Crown and Stem Rust Under Field and Greenhouse Conditions....Pages 177-182
Ideotypes of Forage Pea ( Pisum sativum ) Cultivars....Pages 183-186
Front Matter....Pages 187-187
Recent Achievements in Breeding for Turf Quality Under Biotic and Abiotic Stress....Pages 189-196
Evaluation of Grass Species, Cultivars and Mixtures for Use in High Quality Lawn Tennis Courts....Pages 197-212
Front Matter....Pages 213-213
Characterisation of Genetic Diversity for Resistance and Quality Traits Using Molecular Tools....Pages 215-228
Genome Sequencing of Model and Forage Legume Species: Consequences for Genetic Studies....Pages 229-238
A Genetic Association Between Leaf Elongation Rate and Flowering Time in Perennial Ryegrass....Pages 239-247
Inheritance of Crown Rust Resistance in a Perennial Ryegrass Genotype of the Cultivar Arvella....Pages 249-253
High Density Array for SNP Genotyping and Mapping in Tetraploid Alfalfa....Pages 255-259
Variation of Cell Wall Digestibility in Fodder Grasses with Particular Focus on a Perennial Ryegrass Breeding Pool....Pages 261-265
QTL Identification for Leaf Senescence in Perennial Ryegrass ( Lolium perenne L.)....Pages 267-271
Validation of Candidate Genes Expression Profiles During Cold Acclimation and Freezing in Perennial Ryegrass....Pages 273-278
Different Aspects of Shoot Branching in Red Clover....Pages 279-283
AFLP Analysis of Genetic Diversity in an Association Mapping Panel of Lolium perenne L.....Pages 285-289
Front Matter....Pages 213-213
Allele Frequency of Local Maize Inbred Lines ( Zea mays L.)....Pages 291-296
Front Matter....Pages 297-297
Breeding for ‘HealthyHay’: Can We Optimise Plant Polyphenols in Legumes for Ruminant Nutrition, Animal Health and Environmental Sustainability?....Pages 299-311
High-Throughput Genome-Wide Genotyping to Revive the Use of Natural Diversity in Forage and Turf Breeding....Pages 313-323
Monitoring, Analysis and Modeling of Yield and Quality Dynamics of Lolium perenne Varieties for Biogas Production....Pages 325-330
Effects of Rhizobacterial Inoculation of a Preceding Oat Crop on Alfalfa ( Medicago sativa L.) Yield....Pages 331-338
 Phalaris arundinacea L.: Variations in Seed Shattering and Related Traits in a Breeding Collection....Pages 339-343
Effect of Alfalfa Cultivar on Pollinator Visitation, Seed Yield and Yield Components....Pages 345-351
The Influence of Individual and Combined Inoculants on Development of Alfalfa on Acidic Soil....Pages 353-357
Alfalfa Genetic Variation for Biomass Production in Pure and Mixed Stands....Pages 359-363
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Drought Effect on Yield of Perennial Ryegrass ( Lolium perenne L.)....Pages 367-371
Optimising Stand Density and Nitrogen Fertiliser Rates for Seed Production in the Tetraploid Italian Ryegrass Cultivar K29T....Pages 373-380
The Influence of Climatic Conditions on Forage Yield and Quality of Certain Types of Grass....Pages 381-386
Indicating Soil Quality Using Urease and Saccharase Activity in Abandoned Grassland and Differently Managed Crop Fields....Pages 387-394
Back Matter....Pages 395-397