University of Western Australia
| Researcher(s) |
Richard Bennett (UWA) |
|---|---|
| Year(s) | 2007 |
| Contributor | Liebe Group |
| Trial location(s) |
Buntine, WA
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Evaluation of a group of Australian perennial legumes to select species useful for perennial pastures adapted to the northern wheatbelt’s low rainfall and acid soils.
Cullen australasicum was the best Cullen species overall, in terms of productivity and presistence throughout the year.
| Lead research organisation |
University of Western Australia |
|---|---|
| Host research organisation | N/A |
| Related program | N/A |
| Acknowledgments |
The author thanks the Liebe Group for their co-operation and for hosting the trial site. Postgraduate studies were supported by an Australian Postgraduate Award, Meat and Livestock Australia, The University of Western Australia and the AW Howard Memorial Trust. The author thanks these funding sources and supervisors, Drs Daniel Real, Megan Ryan and Tim Colmer.
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| Other trial partners | Not specified |
| Crop type | Pasture: Cullen species |
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| Treatment type(s) |
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| Trial type | Experimental |
| Trial design | Replicated |
| Sow date | 6 September 2006 |
|---|---|
| Harvest date | Not specified |
| Plot size | 25m x 45m |
| Plot replication | 3 |
| Fertiliser |
Nil |
| Herbicide |
Nil |
| @T1: April | @T2: September | |||||
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| # |
Treatment 1
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Population tested (value) | Survival (%) | Productivity (value 0-10) | Survival (%) | Productivity (value 0-10) |
| 1 | █ C. australasicum | 39 | 88 | 4.4 | 85 | 5 |
| 1 | █ C. cinereum | 22 | 71 | 3.3 | 52 | 2.2 |
| 1 | █ C. discolor | 2 | 92 | 2.6 | 81 | 3.7 |
| 2 | █ C. lachnostachys | 1 | 100 | 5.1 | 83 | 2.5 |
| 2 | █ C. pallidum | 4 | 75 | 3.2 | 67 | 3.6 |
| 2 | █ C. parvum | 3 | 79 | 1.1 | 79 | 1.4 |
| 3 | █ C. patens | 6 | 33 | 2.4 | 24 | 2.1 |
| 3 | █ C. pustulatum | 1 | 100 | 5.3 | 100 | 1.8 |
| 3 | █ C. tenax | 22 | 68 | 1.7 | 58 | 1.6 |
| 4 | █ L. australis | 1 | 61 | 2.2 | 61 | 2.7 |
| 4 | █ L. corniculatus | San Gabriel | 11 | 0 | 11 | 3 |
| 4 | █ Lucerne | Sardi 10 | 94 | 4 | 83 | 5.9 |
| 5 | █ Lucerne | Sceptre | 85 | 2.9 | 79 | 4.2 |
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