Publication Date
1993
Description
Problems with persistence of white clover (Trifolium repens L.) in extensive pastures of the high rainfall zone in eastern Australia necessitate the use of a wider range of perennial legumes. A range of species have been evaluated in nurseries and in regional on-farm trials on the northern Tablelands of New South Wales. Caucasian clover and I.oms spp. have proven most successful so far. Caucasian clover has been more productive than white clover at 2 sites in spring 1991 and autumn 1992, Hexaploid Caucasian clover has been subjected to the first of 3 cycles of recurrent selection for seedling vigour. Cultivars (6n) will be developed in conjunction with similar programmes in New Zealand.
Citation
Hill, M J.; Mulcahy, C; and Rapp, G, "A Search for Persistent Perennial Legumes for Temperate Australia" (2024). IGC Proceedings (1993-2023). 48.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/1993/session12/48
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A Search for Persistent Perennial Legumes for Temperate Australia
Problems with persistence of white clover (Trifolium repens L.) in extensive pastures of the high rainfall zone in eastern Australia necessitate the use of a wider range of perennial legumes. A range of species have been evaluated in nurseries and in regional on-farm trials on the northern Tablelands of New South Wales. Caucasian clover and I.oms spp. have proven most successful so far. Caucasian clover has been more productive than white clover at 2 sites in spring 1991 and autumn 1992, Hexaploid Caucasian clover has been subjected to the first of 3 cycles of recurrent selection for seedling vigour. Cultivars (6n) will be developed in conjunction with similar programmes in New Zealand.
