Persistence and productivity of Medicago sativa subspecies sativa, caerulea, falcata and varia accessions at three intermittently dry sites in south-eastern Australia

Crop and Pasture Science

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 645-658

  Li, G D ^a,e   Nie, Z N ^b,e   Boschma, S P ^c,e   Dear, B S ^a,e   Lodge, G M ^c,e   Hayes, R C ^a,e   Clark, B ^b,e   Hughes, S J ^d,e   Humphries, A W ^d,e  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^c NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^d SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^e Future Farm Industries CRC   (Australia)

Author keywords

alfalfa; drought tolerance; perennial Medicago.

Indexed keywords

ALFALFA; CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; GERMPLASM; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; PERSISTENCE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RAINFALL;

AUSTRALIA; HAMILTON [VICTORIA]; NEW SOUTH WALES; TAMWORTH; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 77955811489     PISSN: 18360947     EISSN: 18365795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/CP09360     Document Type: Article

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