Fact sheet: Neptune messina
Neptune messina is an annual pasture legume adapted to moderately saline, winter-waterlogged soils. It has higher levels of combined tolerance to salinity and waterlogging than...
PASTURE SEEDS
Project summary: Capitalising on the discovery of Messina for the pasture seeds industry
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Published: 5 Dec 2018
Publication Code: 18-074
Author(s): Ross Ballard
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Project Overview
Capitalising on the discovery of Messina for the pasture seeds Industry
15 June 2015 – 30 May 2018
Messina (Melilotus siculus) is a new annual pasture legume with tolerance of both waterlogging and salinity. It has the potential to transform salt land pastures, which currently lack a suitable legume and therefore only sustain very low levels of production.
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