PASTURE SEEDS 
23 pages
Published: 5 Feb 2008
Author(s): Barro, James De
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The majority of lucerne seed produced in Australia and in particular the major production area of South Australia, traditionally use border check irrigation as the established irrigation system. Through the 1970’s and 80’s border check irrigation increased in the Keith region due in part to the technology at the time, the flat terrain, free draining soil type and the salinity of the ground water. Until recently, the notion of irrigating lucerne seed crops with water with salinities from 4000 – 8000 ppm with anything other than border check irrigation has not been evaluated. With the impending changes of water policy, advances in seed production and irrigation delivery technology the use of alternative irrigation systems is now a necessary consideration for irrigated lucerne seed producers. The report examines a comparison of lucerne seed and hay production between a drop tube irrigation system and a border check irrigation system.
This study evaluated the level of resistance to commonly used herbicide groups in three key weeds affecting lucerne seed crops in commercial production areas of...
The lucerne seed industry is an important contributor to Australian agriculture, worth an estimated $95 million per year. The industry is made up of more...
Temperate pasture seed production is concentrated in locations within southeastern Australia and southwestern Western Australia. Lucerne dominates, accounting for about 75% of the area sown...
Building on from earlier AgriFutures Australia-funded research into lucerne seed wasp (LSW), several DNA tests have been developed to give a more precise measure of...
This report summarises the development of DNA tests for lucerne seed wasp (LSW), Bruchophagus roddi, and two associated parasitoid wasps, Idiomacromerus perplexus and Pteromalus sequester,...
Lucerne is an important pasture species in Australia and pest management is critical in seed crops to maximise yield. The Australian crop mirid (Sidnia kinbergi)...
Subterranean clover (sub clover; Trifolium subterraneum) has been sown across more than 29.3 M ha (Nichols et al. 2012), demonstrating its global importance to animal...
The Horwood Bagshaw Clover Harvester, also known as the HB, is the most common machine for harvesting subterranean clover and annual medic seeds in Australia....
