PASTURE SEEDS 
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Published: 30 Nov 2020
Author(s): Dr Katrina Copping
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DownloadThe lucerne seed industry in Australia is made up of more than 250 individual seed production farms in irrigated and non-irrigated production systems, predominantly in the upper and mid-south east of SA. Seed is produced for the domestic and overseas markets.
Siriver is a popular public export lucerne seed variety bred in the 1970s by the CSIRO lucerne program. In 2016, the supply of Siriver seed used by Australian growers for planting to produce certified seed for export was low, and was predicted to be exhausted within several years. Lucerne Australia recognised the urgent need to increase Siriver seed stock because a lapse in continuity of supply was likely to hinder the lucerne seed industry.
Subsequently, an opportunity was identified for development of a seed source to secure the sustainability of Siriver seed for growers and marketers.
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....
