Nitro Plus is a hard seeded Persian clover that has a semi-prostrate growth habit and demonstrates early to mid season maturity. This will offer large benefits to growers in medium rainfall cropping zones, where pasture options are normally restricted to either Medic or early maturing sub-clover varieties for pasture rotations.
It has an indeterminate flowering habit and can take full advantage of unseasonal rains late in the season. Nitro Plus produces a large number of thin walled, hollow stems with smaller leaves, compared to other soft seeded Persian clover varieties, which contribute to the plants prostrate appearance.
It is well adapted to a range of soil types but prefers heavy alkaline soils. Nitro Plus will also tolerate mild waterlogging and mild soil salinity. Nitro Plus is very palatable and is highly digestible (16–21% crude protein) that is well suited to hay, grazing or silage production. It is very successful in pasture mixes with ryegrass or oats to increase dry matter production.
It also provides an effective disease break in cropping rotations and has the ability to fix high levels of soil nitrogen. Nitro Plus will also assist in the management of problem weeds, including those that are herbicide resistant.
Key Features
- Prostrate to semi-prostrate, self regenerating annual clover
- Early-mid season maturity, as early as 68 days to flowering (average 114 days to flowering)
- Nitro Plus has the ability to vary flowering depending on seasonal conditions
- High hard seed level - excellent regeneration
- Tolerates mild waterlogging and mild soil salinity
Resistant to clover scorch and phytophthora root rot