Globe locust (Robinia pseudoacacia var. umbraculifera D.C.): a potential forage species?

• Published in: Cahiers Options Mediterraneennes (France) Vol. 45; pp. 99 - 102
• Main Author: Dini - Papanastasi, O. (National Agricultural Research Foundation, Thessaloniki (Greece). Forest Research Institute)
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Zaragoza (Spain) CIHEAM-IAMZ 2000; CIHEAM
• Subjects: ALTURA; BIOMASA; BIOMASS; BIOMASSE; BROWSE PLANTS; CLIMA MEDITERRÁNEO; CLIMAT MÉDITERRANÉEN; FORAGE VALUE; HAUTEUR; HEIGHT; MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE; MEDITERRANEAN ZONE; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PASTIZALES; PASTURES; PATURAGES; PLANTAS DE RAMONEO; PLANTE D'ABROUTISSEMENT; POSSIBILITÉ DE PRODUCTION; PRODUCCIÓN POTENCIAL; PRODUCTION POSSIBILITIES; ROBINIA PSEUDOACACIA; VALEUR NUTRITIVE; VALOR NUTRITIVO; ZONA MEDITERRANEA; ZONE MEDITERRANEENNE
• ISSN: 1022-1379

Globe locust (Robinia pseudoacacia var. umbraculifera D.C.), a small leguminous tree, is one of the several botanical varieties of black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.). It has a dense, globe-shaped crown, and it is often used - grafted on a black locust rootstock - for ornamental purposes. It is thornless and rarely flowers. This variety was studied in terms of forage production and quality along with clones and half-sib families of the black locust variety monophylla and common black locust as a control, in the farm of the Forest Research Institute, NE of Thessaloniki, in Greece . More specifically, ramets of globe locust produced by rooted stem cuttings were tested for three consecutive years (1994-96) and at the end of each growing period the height, the above ground biomass and crude protein (CP) content of leaves were measured