Variety, time of harvest and conditions during growing season have impact on red clover isoflavone content

• Published in: Agricultural and Food Science
• Main Authors: Mustonen, Eeva Arja, Tuori, Mikko, Kurki, Päivi, Isolahti, Mika, Taponen, Juhani, Vanhatalo, Aila
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Scientific Agricultural Society of Finland 2018
• Subjects: red clover; variety; isoflavone; daidzein; formononetin; equol; Luke; Ruukki; Northern Finland
• Online Access: https://journal.fi/afs/article/view/69781; https://doi.org/10.23986/afsci.69781

Red clover (Trifolium pratense L.) is the predominant legume used in northern European agriculture. Official red clover variety trials are conducted by Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) to determine the value of field crop varieties. The trials used for the current analysis were conducted i...