Selection of red clover for fodder quality

The article presents the results of studies clover breeding for fodder quality in conditions North Ossetia-Alania. Based on assessment initial material, it was revealed that chemical composition green mass undergoes variability depending climatic conditions, protein content test samples varies from phase development, year life, place growth and genotype variety. With rise mountain height, crude increases, positive correlations have been established between traits: pubescence stems, foliage, intensity leaf pattern, color, correlated traits depend varietal characteristics range weak to close positive, amount essential amino acids habitats, extragenic isoflavones wild forms is lower than cultivated variety, selection a low does not reduce yields. In order select with isoflavones, an evaluation material carried out. Their different places taken into account, taking account vertical zonality. Our full flowering, wild-growing depends growth. mountainous areas, contain 0.09-0.25% cultivar Osetinsky. Therefore, forms, zonality, will provide valuable source isoflavones.