Extreme Northern Acclimatization in Biennial Yellow Sweetclover (Melilotus officinalis) at the Arctic Circle

• Main Author: Klebesadel, Leslie J.
• Format: Report
• Language: unknown
• Published: School of Agriculture and Land Resources Management, Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station 1992
• Subjects: Sweetclover; Acclimatization; Arctic; Alaska
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11122/1292

Biennial sweetclovers (Melilotus spp.) are among the most winter-hardy of the legumes used as forage crops (Bula and Smith 1954; Gorz and Smith 1973; Hodgson and Bula 1956; Klebesadel 1971b, 1980). Common strains and cultivars of both yellow-flowered (M. officinalis [L.] Lam.) and white-flowered (M....