PASTURE SEEDS 
19 pages
Published: 29 Jan 2010
Author(s): Ballard, Leigh
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This RIRDC project looked at developing a system to harvest and thrash medic pods with a conventional header, rather than suction harvesting. Suction harvesting is slow, costly and environmentally damaging. By devising a system to complete this process with a conventional header and mobile thrashing unit, it will reduce the need for specialised machinery, and decrease the amount of environmental degradation.
This report summarises a two‑year lucerne seed trial evaluating plant growth regulators and pod sealants across 31 varieties in South Australia. Results show PGRs consistently...
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This blueprint serves as a resource for those interested in the pasture seeds industry and provides essential fast facts alongside the fundamental themes highlighted in...
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,...
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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...
