ABSTRACT

This research was conducted between the years 1998-2000 in the experimental field of Field Crops Department of Agricultural Faculty in Tekirdag. The experiment was laid out in randomised block design with three replications. Twenty-one common vetch and three Persian clover lines were used. In this study, variation limits, variation coefficients and heritabilities of some morphological characters and herbage yield were determined. The highest herbage yield was obtained on common vetch line no 114 (2972.67 kg/da). Variation limits of stem height, number of shoots, number of leaf on main stem, leaf height, number of leaflet on leaf were changed between 49.60-103.40 cm, 2.60-10.10, 7.60-17.00, 6.54-14.10 and 10.10-17.00 respectively. The highest herbage yield of Persian clover lines were determined yellow seed line (7040.33kg/da). Variation limits of stem height, number of leaf on main stem, leaf length, leaflet width and leaflet length were changed between 73.50-101.10 cm, 7.80-10.10, 16.00-28.70 cm, 2.00-4.50 cm and 3.90-5.70 cm respectively.