PASTURE SEEDS 
11 pages
Published: 1 Nov 2001
Author(s): Barro, James De
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The lucerne seed wasp has influenced the Australian lucerne seed industry for several decades but no quantified understanding of its impact has been determined. The industry lacks a management plan, which has resulted in indiscriminate use of insecticides that have not controlled the pest. There has been a failure to understand the wasp’s biology in the context of seed production.
The research aims to quantify peak presence of the wasp in lucerne seed crops and its cost to lucerne seed producers and the industry. It will determine the influence of sanitation and closing date of lucerne seed crops on wasp population development. The research will provide the information for the development of a management plan.
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....
