Publication Date
1993
Location
New Zealand
Description
Three Aeschynomene cultivars are currently used as pasture legumes for tropical and subtropical Australia; A. falcata·cv, Bargoo released in 1973, A. americana cv, Glenn released in 1983 and A. americana cv. Lee released in 1991. Five other Aeschynomene accessions from 2 species are on "pre-release" registration with the Queensland Herbage Plant Liaison Committee pending additional data on adaptation and animal production: A. brasiliana CPI 92519 and CPI 93592 and A. villosa CPI 37235, 91209 and 93621. A collection of over 300 Aesc/1y1wme11e accessions was grown at Mackay, Queensland, in 1982-83 to describe the diversity within this genus. This diversity supports testing of other material for special niches such as high elevation, cold environments (A. americana, A. elegans, A. villosa), dry environments (A. americana, A. abyssinica, A. brasiliana, A, orevifolia and A. liistrix) and swamps or artificial ponds (A. jilosa, A. jlutans, A. parviflora and A. sensitiva). Diversity within A. america,1a and A. villosa, for example in seedling vigour, time of maturity and seed production, can be further exploited.
Citation
Bishop, H G. and Hilder, T B., "The Aeschynomene Genus as a Source of Pasture Legumes for Tropical and Subtropical Australia" (1993). IGC Proceedings (1985-2023). 24.
(URL: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/1993/session59/24)
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The Aeschynomene Genus as a Source of Pasture Legumes for Tropical and Subtropical Australia
New Zealand
Three Aeschynomene cultivars are currently used as pasture legumes for tropical and subtropical Australia; A. falcata·cv, Bargoo released in 1973, A. americana cv, Glenn released in 1983 and A. americana cv. Lee released in 1991. Five other Aeschynomene accessions from 2 species are on "pre-release" registration with the Queensland Herbage Plant Liaison Committee pending additional data on adaptation and animal production: A. brasiliana CPI 92519 and CPI 93592 and A. villosa CPI 37235, 91209 and 93621. A collection of over 300 Aesc/1y1wme11e accessions was grown at Mackay, Queensland, in 1982-83 to describe the diversity within this genus. This diversity supports testing of other material for special niches such as high elevation, cold environments (A. americana, A. elegans, A. villosa), dry environments (A. americana, A. abyssinica, A. brasiliana, A, orevifolia and A. liistrix) and swamps or artificial ponds (A. jilosa, A. jlutans, A. parviflora and A. sensitiva). Diversity within A. america,1a and A. villosa, for example in seedling vigour, time of maturity and seed production, can be further exploited.
