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Title: Lucerne pastures to sustain agricultural production in southwestern Australia / R.A. Latta, P.S. Cocks, C. Matthews.
Author: Matthews, C. ; Symposium on the Role of Agroforestry and Perennial Pasture in Mitigating Waterlogging and Secondary Salinity (2000 : Albany, W.A.) ; Latta, R. ; Cocks, P. S.
Series: Agricultural water management, ; 53(1/3)
Description: p. 99-109.
Subject: Pastures. ; Salinity. ; Soil water. ; Acidic soils. ; Lucerne. ; Sandy soils. ; Western Australia. ; Rotations. ; Trifolium subterraneum.
Notes: "Selected papers from the symposium on : The role of Agroforestry and Perennial Pasture in Mitigatiing Waterlogging and Secondary Salinity, Albany, Western Australia, 13-14 June 2000." 7 tables, 2 figs.
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[Uniform title:Special issue : the role of agroforestry and perennial pasture in mitigating waterlogging and secondary salinity, Albany, Western Australia, 13-14 June 2000.]
Type: Journal
Abstract: In two field experiments on sandy acidic soils, lucerne (Medicago sativa L.) was compared with subterranean clover (Trifolium subterraneum L.) in phase pasture-crop rotations. Soil water content, herbage production, lucerne persistence, soil nutrients and subsequent wheat yield and quality were measured. Compared to the annual pasture, the lucerne increased pasture biomass (5-7 t ha-1 compared with 3-4 t ha-1) largely due to utilisation of summer rainfall. The results show that lucerne provides a high ter-use phase farming system on sandy acidic soils common throughout the Western Australian cropping zone.
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