Production and persistence of annual pasture legumes at five saline sites in southern Australia

Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 518-535

  Nichols, P G H ^a,b   Craig, A D ^b,c   Rogers, M E ^b,d   Albertsen, T O ^a,b   Miller, S M ^b,c,f   McClements, D R ^a,b   Hughes, S J ^b,c   D'Antuono, M F ^a   Dear, B S ^b,e  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^e CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f Waite Campus ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomass; Establishment; Plant breeding; Plant evaluation; Waterlogging

Indexed keywords

ALFALFA; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; PASTURE; PHYTOMASS; PLANT BREEDING; SALINE SOIL; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; WATERLOGGING; YIELD;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

CARANGIDAE; MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO POLYMORPHA; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; MELILOTUS; RHIZOBIUM; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM MICHELIANUM;

EID: 40449090850     PISSN: 08161089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EA07167     Document Type: Article

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