Develop ways to reduce seed losses from Lotus corniculatus

New South Wales Department of Industry and Investment for and on behalf of the State of NSW - Inactive

  • Project code: PRJ-000506

  • Project stage: Closed

  • Project start date: Wednesday, December 18, 2002

  • Project completion date: Monday, June 30, 2008

  • National Priority: PSE-Production and processing efficiency and profitability

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Summary

To reduce seed losses from Lotus corniculatus during harvesting so a viable seed industry can be sustained in the long term

Program

Pasture Seeds

Research Organisation

New South Wales Department of Industry and Investment for and on behalf of the State of NSW – Inactive

Objective Summary

Objective 1: To examine seed harvesting technologies in the USA (contact person Paul Beuselinck) and NZ (contact person Warren Williams) for L. corniculatus and L. pedunculatus and refine these procedures for L. maroccanus harvesting in Australia. Objective 2: To overcome the problem of pod shattering it is proposed that perennial diploid Lotus species (mostly n12) will be collected from Genetic Resource Centre around the world and mutants of these will be chemically induced to examine the potential to reduce or eliminate gene expression for pod shattering.