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Evaluation of annual clover varieties in a cropping system

2009
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Research organisation
Southern Farming Systems

Trial details

Researcher(s) Cameron Conboy (PlantTech)
Reece Hardwidge (PlantTech)
Year(s) 2009
Contributor Southern Farming Systems
Trial location(s) Dunkeld, VIC
Evaluation of annual clover varieties in a cropping system locations
Aims

To investiage the dry matter potential of several types of annual cover and also of annual species that may fit well.
 

Key messages
  • Bolta Balansa (3.2 t/ha DM), Lightening Persian (3.30 t/ha DM) and Elite II Berseem (2.94 t/ha DM) produced the highest amounts of DM at Dunkeld. 
  • The site was somewhat a rundown pasture site, which go very wet in winter, and this did not favour Arrowleaf type cloers.
  • Elite II provided good initial dry matter early - but then only provided extra dry matter with late rains. Persian clover only provided extra dry matter with late rain also.
  • The Balansa clovers had superior growth in these conditions, with Bolta being the longer season type, providing more dry matter.
Lead research organisation N/A
Host research organisation N/A
Related program N/A
Acknowledgments

SFS, Rohan Wardle and Toby Campbell.
 
Other trial partners Not specified
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Method

Crop type Pasture: Clover
Treatment type(s)
  • Crop : Variety
Trial type Experimental
Trial design Randomised,Replicated,Blocked

Dunkeld 2009

Sow date 14 May 2009
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size 20m x 1.8m
Plot replication Not specified
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Trial results Table 1

# Variety
 Treatment 1
Dry matter (t/ha)
1 █ Nitro █ persian clover, cut 2 NR
2 █ Lightning █ persian clover, cut 2 0.272
3 █ Laser █ persian clover, cut 2 0.994
4 █ Nitro █ persian clover, cut 1 1.579
5 █ Lightning █ persian clover, cut 1 2.758
6 █ Laser █ persian clover, cut 1 1.84
7 █ Elite II █ berseem clover, cut 2 1.044
8 █ Elite II █ berseem clover, cut 1 1.905
9 █ Frontier █ balansa, cut 2 NR
10 █ Paradanna █ balansa, cut 2 NR
11 █ Bolta █ balansa, cut 2
12 █ Frontier █ balansa, cut 1 2.328
13 █ Paradanna █ balansa, cut 1 2.897
14 █ Bolta █ balansa, cut 1 3.205
15 █ Cefalu █ arrowleaf clover, cut 2 NR
16 █ Zulu II █ arrowleaf clover, cut 2 NR
17 █ Arrotas █ arrowleaf clover, cut 2 0.419
18 █ Cefalu █ arrowleaf clover, cut 1 1.573
19 █ Zulu II █ arrowleaf clover, cut 1 1.4
20 █ Arrotas █ arrowleaf clover, cut 1 0.463

Dry matter t/ha

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Observed trial site soil information
Trial site soil testing
Not specified
Soil conditions
Trial site Soil texture
Dunkeld, VIC Not specified
Derived trial site soil information
Australian Soil Classification Source: ASRIS
Trial site Soil order
Dunkeld, VIC Tenosol
Soil Moisture Source: BOM/ANU
Average amount of water stored in the soil profile during the year, estimated by the OzWALD model-data fusion system.
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Climate

Derived climate information

No observed climate data available for this trial.
Derived climate data is determined from trial site location and national weather sources.

Dunkeld VIC

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Some data on this site is sourced from the Bureau of Meteorology

SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
Jeffrey, S.J., Carter, J.O., Moodie, K.B. and Beswick, A.R. (2001). Using spatial interpolation to construct a comprehensive archive of Australian climate data , Environmental Modelling and Software, Vol 16/4, pp 309-330. DOI: 10.1016/S1364-8152(01)00008-1.

Trial report and links

2009 trial report



Trial last modified: 07-11-2019 12:49pm AEST