Evaluation of perennial pasture legumes and herbs to identify species with high herbage production and persistence in mixed farming zones in southern Australia

Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 449-466

  Li, G D ^a,f,g   Lodge, G M ^b,f   Moore, G A ^c,f   Craig, A D ^d,f   Dear, B S ^a,f,g   Boschma, S P ^b,f   Albertsen, T O ^c,f   Miller, S M ^e   Harden, S ^b   Hayes, R C ^a,f,g   Hughes, S J ^d,f   Snowball, R ^c,f   Smith, A B ^a   Cullis, B C ^a  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

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

^d SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^e Great Southern Agricultural Research Institute ^*  (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^g CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; GRASSLAND; HERB; LEGUME; MIXED FARMING; PASTORALISM; PERENNIAL PLANT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; WATERLOGGING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

CICHORIUM INTYBUS; CULLEN AUSTRALASICUM; DESMODIUM; DORYCNIUM HIRSUTUM; HEDYSARUM CORONARIUM; LOTONONIS BAINESII; LOTUS CORNICULATUS; MEDICAGO SATIVA; ONOBRYCHIS VICIIFOLIA; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM FRAGIFERUM;

EID: 40449104831     PISSN: 08161089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EA07108     Document Type: Article

References (46)

1. Angus JF, Gault RR, Peoples MB, Stapper M, van Herwaarden AF (2001) Soil water extraction by dryland crops, annual pastures, and lucerne in south-eastern Australia. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 52, 183-192. doi:10.1071/AR00103
2. Ayres JF, Kelman WM, Wiedemann SG, Lane LA, McCorkell BE (2008) Developing birdsfoot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus L.) varieties for permanent pasture applications in low latitude regions of eastern Australia. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 48, 488-498.
3. Bell LW, Moore GA, Ewing MA, Bennett SJ (2005) Establishment and summer survival of the perennial legumes, Dorycnium hirsutum and D. rectum in Mediterranean environments. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 45, 1245-1254. doi:10.1071/EA04227
4. Bell LW, Ryan MH, Moore GA, Ewing MA (2006) Comparative water use by Dorycnium hirsutum-, lucerne-, and annual-based pastures in the Western Australian wheatbelt. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 57, 857-865. doi:10.1071/AR05409
5. Bell LW, Ryan MH, Ewing MA, Moore GA, Lane PA (2008) Prospects for three Dorycnium species as forage plants in agricultural systems: a review of their agronomic characteristics Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 48, 467-479.
6. Bennett R, Colmer T, Real D, Ryan M (2006) Hardy Australians: ecogeography of Cullen suggests perennial legumes for low rainfall pastures. In 'Ground-breaking stuff. Proceedings of the 13th Australian agronomy conference, Perth, Western Australia'. (Eds NC Turner, T Acuna, RC Johnson) (Australian Society of Agronomy) Available at http://www.regional.org.au/au/asa/ 2006/concurrent/environment/4712_bennettr.htm [Verified 22 January 2008]
7. Blumenthal MJ, Hilder TB (1989) Emergence and early growth of Lotononis bainesii cv. Miles on a cracking clay soil compared with four other tropical legumes. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 29, 193-199. doi:10.1071/EA9890193
8. Chan KY, Bowman AM, Smith W, Ashley R (2001) Restoring soil fertility of degraded hardsetting soils in semi-arid areas with different pastures. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 41, 507-514. doi:10.1071/EA00052
9. Cocks PS (2001) Ecology of herbaceous perennial legumes: a review of characteristics that may provide management options for the control of salinity and waterlogging in dryland cropping systems Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 52, 137-151. doi:10.1071/AR99170.
10. Coombes NE (2002) The reactive tabu search for efficient correlated experimental designs. PhD Thesis, Liverpool John Moores University, England.
11. Dear BS, Moore GA, Hughes SJ (2003) Adaptation and potential contribution of temperate perennial legumes to the southern Australian wheatbelt: a review. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 43, 1-18. doi:10.1071/EA01202
12. Dear BS, Li GD, Hayes RC, Hughes SJ, Charman N, Ballard RA (2007) Cullen australasicum (syn. Psoralea australasica): a review and some preliminary studies related to its potential as a low rainfall perennial pasture legume. The Rangeland Journal 29, 121-132. doi:10.1071/RJ06039
13. Dear BS, Ewing MA (2008) The search for new pasture plants to achieve more sustainable production systems in southern Australia. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 48, 387-396.
14. Dolling PJ (2001) Water use and drainage under phalaris, annual pasture, and crops on a duplex soil in Western Australia. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 52, 305-316. doi:10.1071/AR99167
15. Falconer DS, Mackay TFC (1996) 'Quantitative genetics.' (Longman: London)
16. Gibberd MR, Gray JD, Cocks PS, Colmer TD (2001) Waterlogging tolerance among a diverse range of Trifolium accessions is related to root porosity, lateral root formation and 'aerotropic rooting'. Annals of Botany 88, 579-589. doi:10.1006/anbo.2001.1506
17. Gilmour AR, Cullis BR, Welham SJ, Thompson R (2006) 'ASReml user guide. Release 2.' (VSN International Ltd: London)
18. Hughes SJ, Snowball R, Reed KFM, Cohen B, Gajda K, Williams AR, Groeneweg SL (2008) The systematic collection and characterisation of herbaceous forage species for recharge and discharge environments in southern Australia. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 48, 397-408.
19. Humphries AW, Auricht GC (2001) Breeding lucerne for Australia's southern dryland cropping environments Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 52, 153-169. doi:10.1071/AR99171[Review]
20. Humphries AW, Hughes SJ (2006) Preliminary evaluation of diverse lucerne (Medicago sativa sspp.) germplasm to identify new material for livestock and cropping based farming systems in Australia. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 57, 1297-1306. doi:10.1071/AR06139
21. Irwin JAG, Lloyd DL, Lowe KF (2001) Lucerne biology and genetic improvement - an analysis of past activities and future goals in Australia. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 52, 699-712. doi:10.1071/AR00181
22. Isbell RF (1996) 'The Australian soil classification.' (CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne)
23. Johnston WH, Clifton CA, Cole IA, Koen TB, Mitchell ML, Waterhouse DB (1999) Low input grasses useful in limiting environments (LIGULE). Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 50, 29-53. doi:10.1071/A97159
24. Kaiser AG, Dear BS, Morris SG (2007) An evaluation of the yield and quality of oat-legume and ryegrass-legume mixtures and legume monocultures harvested at three stages of growth for silage. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 47, 25-38. doi:10.1071/EA05221
25. Kelly A, Smith AB, Eccleston J, Cullis BR (2007) The accuracy of varietal selection using factor analytic models for multi-environment plant breeding trials. Crop Science 47, 1063-1070. doi:10.2135/cropsci2006.08. 0540
26. Kemp DR, Dowling PM (2000) Towards sustainable temperate perennial pastures. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 40, 125-132. doi:10.1071/EA98003
27. Kemp DR, Michalk DL, Virgona JM (2000) Towards more sustainable pastures: lessons learnt. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 40, 343-356. doi:10.1071/EA99001
28. Kobelt E (1995) Lucerne Medicago sativa cv. Sceptre. Plant Variety Journal 8, 16-17.
29. Krishna H (1993) Sulla (Hedysarum coronarium L.): an agronomic evaluation. PhD Thesis, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
30. Li GD, Kemp PD (2005) Forage chicory (Cichorium intybus L.): a review of its agronomy and animal production. Advances in Agronomy 88, 187-222.
31. Lodge GM (1991) Management practises and other factors contributing to the decline in persistence of grazed lucerne in temperate Australia: a review. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 31, 713-724. doi:10.1071/EA9910713
32. Lodge GM, Cullis BR, Welsby SM (1993) Evaluation of pasture legumes sown into a prepared seedbed at Tamworth, New South Wales. 1. Dry matter yield. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 33, 287-297. doi:10.1071/EA9930287
33. Lolicato SJ (2000) Soil water dynamics and growth of perennial pasture species for dryland salinity control. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 40, 37-45. doi:10.1071/EA99051
34. Peoples MB, Baldock JA (2001) Nitrogen dynamics of pastures: nitrogen fixation inputs, the impact of legumes on soil nitrogen fertility, and the contributions of fixed nitrogen to Australian farming systems. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 41, 327-346. doi:10.1071/EA99139
35. Real D, Warden J, Sandral GA, Colmer TD (2008) Waterlogging tolerance and recovery of 10 Lotus species. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 48, 480-487.
36. Ridley AM, White RE, Simpson RJ, Callinan L (1997) Water use and drainage under phalaris, cocksfoot, and annual ryegrass pastures. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 48, 1011-1023. doi:10.1071/A96157
37. Rumball W (1986) 'Grasslands Puna' chicory (Cichorium intybus L.). New Zealand Journal of Experimental Agriculture 14, 105-107.
38. Sandral GA, Dear BS, Virgona JM, Swan AD, Orchard BA (2006) Changes in soil water content under annual- and perennial-based pasture systems in the wheatbelt of southern New South Wales. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 57, 321-333. doi:10.1071/AR04017
39. Sanford P, Whalley RDB, Garden DL, Norton MR, Waters CM, et al. (2005) Identification of superior native and introduced grasses for low-input pastures in temperate Australia. The Rangeland Journal 27, 55-71. doi:10.1071/RJ05005
40. Scott JF, Lodge GM, McCormick LH (2000) Economics of increasing the persistence of sown pastures: costs, stocking rate and cash flow. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 40, 313-323. doi:10.1071/EA98016
41. Singh DK, Bird PR, Saul GR (2003) Maximising the use of soil water by herbaceous species in the high rainfall zone of southern Australia: a review. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 54, 677-691. doi:10.1071/AR02083
42. Sledge MK, Bouton JH, Tamulonis J, Kochert G, Parrot WA (1996) Aluminium tolerance QTL in diploid alfalfa. In 'Report of the 35th North American alfalfa improvement conference, Oklahoma'. (Ed. W Woodward) p. 35. (NAAIC: Johnston, IA)
43. Smith AB, Cullis BR, Gilmour AR (2001) The analysis of crop variety evaluation data in Australia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Statistics 43, 129-145. doi:10.1111/1467-842X.00163
44. Stone LM, Byrne M, Virtue JG (2008) An environmental weed risk assessment model for Australian forage improvement programs. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 48, 568-574.
45. Upjohn B, Kemp D, Parker M (2002) 'Chicory. Agfact P2.5.40.' 2nd edn. (NSW Agriculture: Orange)
46. Wilson AD, Simpson RJ (1993) The pasture resouce base: status and issues. In 'Pasture management technology for the twenty-first century'. (Eds DR Kemp, DL Milchalk) pp. 1-25. (CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne)