Table 1.

Component seed production, potential and realized seed yield of some perennial forage legumes (modified from Lorenzetti, 1993).

Species	Inflorescence (No/m2)	Flowers per inflorescence	Ovules per flower	Potential Seed Number/m2	Thousand seed weight (TSW) (g)	Potential seed yield (PSY) tha-1	Seed harvest realized (RSY)
							tha-1	% of PSY
M. sativa	3750	16	10	600,000	2.2	12.0	0.5	4
T. pratense	750	110	2	165,000	1.6	2.6	0.5	19
T. repens	600	100	6	240,000	0.6	1.8	0.4	22
L. corniculatus	400	6	40	96,000	1.2	1.2	0.2	17
H. coronarium	2915∗,∗∗	30∗∗∗	4–5	393,525	4.5	17.7	0.2	1
O. viciifolia	2223∗	60	1	133,380	18.0	24.0	0.3	1

^∗Martiniello (1998); ^∗∗Satta et al. (2000); ^∗∗∗Yagoubi and Chrki (2000).