PASTURE SEEDS 
45 pages
Published: 1 Oct 2001
Author(s): Schroder, Peter
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Sowing pastures has played a key role in lifting the productivity in Australia’s temperate grazing zone. As pasture plant improvement programs develop more productive cultivars it is appropriate to resow pastures to achieve the even higher levels of productivity these plants offer. While these two points have been well researched and demonstrated for over 50 years, surveys in several areas over the last decade found a majority of pastures would be more productive if they were resown and managed better.
Australia produces about 30,000 tonnes of pasture seed annually, with a value of over $70 million. There are no technical or environmental reasons why this could not be doubled. The stimulus required for this to happen is an increase in demand.
This project built on a four-year Grains Research and Development Corporation investment, Future options for the control of the redlegged earth mite in Australian crops,...
Redlegged earth mite (RLEM; Halotydeus destructor) has been a significant pest to broadleaf plants and legumes across southern Australia since it was accidentally introduced in...
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)...
