Since the beginning of the twentieth century, plant breeders have been working with the aim of improving red clover. This plant Trifolium pratense L. belongs to the Leguminosae family and is one of the most important plants used as forage. Not only is it of consequence for animal nutrition, but it plays a valuable role in soil improvement by merit of the Rhizobium trifolii bacteria that live in nodular structures in the roots of this legume. Red clover is dependent on insects for pollination and is almost, if not entirely, crosspollinated and therefore exists in a heterozygous state.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.110266 |
| Date | January 1956 |
| Creators | Mittelholzer, Alexander. S. |
| Contributors | Steppler, H. (Supervisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Science. (Department of Agriculture.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: NNNNNNNNN, Theses scanned by McGill Library. |
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