Morphological characteristics and lawn-using characters of Trifolium repens from Xinjiang

There are abundant resources of Trifolium repens which have stronger stress tolerance in Xinjiang Province. The present study analyzed various morphological and turf indices including branch number, leaf characteristics and flower number of T.repens to evaluate their lawn characters. The results indicate that T.repens have lawn characters such as strong stress tolerance, early blooming, bright-colored flowers, persistence of florescence and green period and ornamentals. The germplasm of T.repens from HuTuBi performed as a better ornamental grass with turning green early, lower grass layer (17.1~21.3 cm), longer flowering period (150~154 d) and longer green period (221~225 d). The germplasm of T.repens from Heaven Pool(E) and ChangJi(F) had higher grass layer (24.3 and 26.1 cm, respectively) which are suitable for forage. And the germplasm of T. repens from TeKeSi (H) performed as abetter nectar plant with great intensity leaf and flowers (0.335 and 0.216 cm2, respectively).