PASTURE SEEDS 
47 pages
Published: 22 Nov 2013
Author(s): Hartley, Ms Elizabeth , Gemell , Mr Greg , Deaker, Dr Rosalind
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It is estimated that 23.5 million hectares of grazing land produce between 2.4 and 3.5 million tonnes of biologically “fixed” nitrogen each year from legumes, through symbiosis with rhizobia. Coating or inoculating seed with rhizobia is the most convenient method of delivering rhizobia to the legume crops and pastures.
Survival of rhizobia on commercially produced preinoculated seed has been shown to be generally low. The project focused on screening polymers and colourants for compatibility with rhizobia to determine their suitability to be used in commercial preinoculated seed coatings.
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....
