PASTURE SEEDS 
38 pages
Published: 6 Oct 2012
Author(s): Hogendoom, Katja, Keller, Mike
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The seed lucerne industry in Australia produces around $AUD 38 million worth of seeds annually. It is generally recognised that improved pollination would increase yield. This report summarises a proof-of-concept study to investigate the efficacy of some common Australian native bee species to pollinate lucerne. Over the course of two years, the project evaluated the utility of some bees for the pollination of lucerne in captivity and in the field, and investigated methods to enhance these bees in the crop environment.
This report is relevant to the pasture seeds industry in particular and more generally to growers of crops that profit from bee pollination (e.g. lucerne, canola, cotton, and many horticultural crops).
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....
