PASTURE SEEDS 
34 pages
Published: 5 Dec 2018
Author(s): Ross Ballard, Simon Crane, Jeff Hill, David Peck
ISBN: 978-1-76053-024-2
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Dryland salinity affects many pasture growers across Australia. Presently, 5.7 million ha is classified as being at high risk of salinity, with this area expected to increase threefold over the next 50 years. The productivity of salt-land pastures in these areas is limited by the lack of a suitable legume. After more than a decade of research funded by the Future Farm Industries CRC, a new legume with unprecedented levels of salt and waterlogging tolerance has been identified and progressed to the point of commercialisation. Messina (Melilotus siculus) is an annual legume new to Australian agriculture that provides an opportunity for growers and for the pasture seeds industry.
This report describes work funded by AgriFutures Australia, aimed at addressing key information gaps on the adaptation, establishment and management of messina, to support its commercial release in 2017 and its ongoing adoption. The information will help to build the confidence of the pasture seeds industry in adopting this promising but unfamiliar new plant.
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....
