Barseem Cultivation (ਬਰਸੀਮ ਦੀਆਂ ਕਿਸਮਾ, ਬੀਜ਼ ਅਤੇ ਹੋਰ ਜਾਣਕਾਰੀ) Shergill Markhai

Berseem gives a highly nutritious and palatable fodder in repeated cuttings from November to mid-June. During 2019-20, it was grown on 2.30 lakh hectares. Climatic Requirements: Berseem needs mild temperature for germination and establishment. Its growth is restricted during intensely cold or frosty weather. Soil Type: It grows well on medium to heavy soils and withstands alkalinity. Improved Varieties BL 44 (2021): It is a quick growing variety with more number of tillers. It is moderately resistant to stem rot disease. It has superior nutritional quality especially for in-vitro dry matter digestibility. It supplies green fodder up to first week of June and yields about 395 quintals per acre of green fodder. BL 43 (2017): It is a quick growing, tall variety with more number of tillers. It supplies about 390 quintals green fodder per acre up to first week of June and gives good seed yield. BL 42 (2003): It is a quick-growing variety which produces more number of tillers per unit area. It is tolerant to stem rot disease. It has superior nutritional quality. It supplies green fodder upto first week of June and yields about 440 quintals per acre of green fodder and has high seed yield. BL 10 (1983): It is a longer duration variety and supplies green fodder upto mid June. Its seed is small. It is moderately tolerant to stem rot disease. Its nutritive value and voluntary intake are high. It yields about 410 quintals per acre green fodder. Its seed crop matures in the last week of June.