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¹ Tarla Bitkileri Merkez Araştırma Enstitüsü Müdürlüğü, Ankara - This study was carried out to determination of some plant characteristics in the Kayseri alfalfa ecotype under Ankara conditions in the research and experimental fields of the Research Center for the Field Crops. In this study were used data which obtained the Kayseri alfalfa ecotype with in ``Alfalfa breeding research` project. Plant height, stem thickness, the number of stem, the number of cutting, the number of days between cutting, habitus, dormancy, leaf weight and early spring growth conditions were determined in the Kayseri alfalfa. According to the results obtained from this study; the average of plant height 67.6 cm, stem thickness 3.7 mm, the number of stems 50.4 items, the number of days between cutting 33.5 days and the number of cutting 2.5 items were measured in the Kayseri Alfalfa ecotype. The Kayseri alfalfa ecotypewere determined upright growth habit, dormant type, medium-sized leaf massiveness and the rapid development of early spring. The number of stem, plant height and the number of days between cutting were found in the high variance. Keywords : Alfalfa, Ecotype Kayseri, plant characteristics