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Welcome to the 11th Australian Agronomy Conference 2003 References list

Contributed papers

Biotechnology
Crop agronomy - modelling
Crop agronomy - monitoring
Crop agronomy - pulses & oilseeds
Crop agronomy - warm season
Crop agronomy - wheat
Crop water loss
Environmental management
Farming systems
Lucerne
New crops & crop products
Nitrogen in rotations
Organics
Pastures
Precision agriculture
Risk assessment & management
Soil constraints & management
Weeds
Working with communities

Contributed papers

Biotechnology

The physiology of “stay-green” in sorghum

Andrew Borrell¹, Erik Van Oosterom², Graeme Hammer^2,3, David Jordan¹ and Andrew Douglas¹

(1) Bidinger, F.R., S. Chandra, and D.S. Raju (2001) Theoret. Appl. Genet. 102:387 - 391.
(2) Borrell, A.K., and Hammer, G.L. (2000) Crop Sci. 40: 1295-1307.
(3) Borrell, A.K., Bidinger, F.R. and Sunitha, K. (1999) Int. Sorg. Mill. News. 40:31-34.
(4) Borrell, A.K., Hammer, G.L. and Henzell, R.G. (2000) Crop Sci. 40:1037-1048.
(5) Borrell, A.K., Hammer, G.L., and Van Oosterom, E. (2001) Ann. Appl. Biol. 138:91-95.
(6) Borrell, A.K., Incoll, L.D. and Dalling, M.J. (1991) Ann. Bot. 71:317-326.
(7) Borrell, A.K., Bidinger, F.R., Tao, Y., McIntyre, C.L. and Douglas, A.C.L. (2001) In “Proc. 4^th Aust. Sorghum Conf., Kooralbyn, Queensland, 5-8 February 2001”.
(8) Fischer, R.A. (1993) Field Crops Res. 33:57-80.
(9) Fischer, R.A., and Y.M. Stockman (1986) Aust J. Plant Physiol. 13:767-784.
(10) Miralles, D.J., S.D. Katz, A. Colloca, and G.A. Slafer (1998) Field Crops Res. 59:21-30.
(11) Muchow, R.C., and T.R. Sinclair (1994) Nitrogen response of leaf photosynthesis and canopy radiation use efficiency in field-grown maize and sorghum. Crop Sci. 34:721-727.

Breeding more productive grain crops - could selecting the right rooting traits help?

Vanessa Dunbabin¹, Art Diggle², Zdenko Rengel³, Gurjeet Gill⁴, Neville Mendham¹

(1) Lynch, J.P., Nielsen, K.L., Davis, R.D. and Jablokow, A.G. (1997) Plant Soil, 188:139-151.
(2) Somma, F., Hopmans, J.W. and Clausnitzer, V. (1998) Plant Soil, 202:281-293.
(3) Thaler, P. and Pagès, L. (1998) Plant Soil, 201:307-320.
(4) Dunbabin, V.M., Diggle, A., Rengel, Z. and van Hugten, R. (2002) Plant Soil, 239:19-38.
(5) Dunbabin, V.M. (2002) PhD Thesis, The University of Western Australia, Australia.
(6) Manske, G., Oritz-Monasterio, J., et al. (2000) Plant Soil, 221:189-204.
(7) Liao, H., Rubio, G., Yan, X., Cao, A., Brown, K.M. and Lynch, J.P. (2001) Plant Soil, 232:69-79.
(8) Casper, B.B. and Jackson, R.B. (1997) Annu. Rev. Ecol. Syst., 28:545-570.
(9) Wilson, J.B. (1988) J. Appl. Ecol., 25:279-296.
(10) Ge, Z., Rubio, G. and Lynch, J.P. (2000) Plant Soil, 218:159-171.
(11) Lynch, J.P. and Brown, K.M. (2001) Plant Soil, 237:225-237.
(12) Robinson, D. (2001) Plant Soil, 232:41-50.
(13) Saleeba, J.A. (2001) Proc. of 6^th Symp. Int. Soc. Root Res., Nagoya, 444-445.
(14) Kamoshita, A., Wade, L.J., et al., (2002) Theor. Appl. Genet. 104: 880-893.
(15) Tuberosa, R., Sanguineti, M.C., et al. (2002) Plant Mol. Biol., 48:697-712.
(16) Diggle, A.J. (1988) Plant Soil, 105: 169-178.
(17) Dunbabin, V.M., Diggle, A.J. and Rengel, Z. (2002) Plant Soil, 239:39-54
(18) Dolling, P.J. (1995) Aust. J. Exp. Agric., 35:735-763.

Genetic variation in tolerance to high concentrations of soil boron exists in lentil germplasm

Kristy Hobson¹, Roger Armstrong², David Connor³, Marc Nicolas³ and Michael Materne²

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(3) Cartwright, B., Zarcinas, B.A. and Mayfield, A.H. 1984. Aust. J. Soil. Res., 22:261-272.
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(5) Paull, J.G., Cartwright, B. and Rathjen, A.J. 1988. Euph., 39:137-144.
(6) Paull, J.G. Nable. R.O., Lake, A.W.H., Materne, M.A., and Rathjen, A.J. 1992. Aust. J. Agric. Res., 43: 203-213.
(7) Yau, S.K., and Erskine, W. 2000. Gen. Res. and Crop Evol., 47:55-61.
(8) Bagheri A., Paull J.G., Rathjen A.J., Ali S.M., Moody D.B. 1992. Plant Soil, 146:261-269.
(9) Bagheri, A. 1994. PhD Thesis, The University of Adelaide, South Australia.
(10) Moody, DB, Rathjen, A.J., Cartwright, B., Paull, J.G. and Lewis, J. 1988. Proc. 7th Int. Wheat Gen. Symp., Cambridge, UK, p859-865.
(11) Yau, S.K. 2002. Euph., 123:307-314.
(12) Srivastava, S.P., Bhandari, T.M.S, Yadav, C.R., Joshi, M. and Erskine, W. 2000. Plant Soil, 219:147-151.
(13) Nable, R.O., Cartwright, B., and Lance, R.C.M. 1989. Genetic aspects of plant mineral nutrition. p243-251. Kluwer, The Netherlands.

Crop agronomy - modelling

The impact of crop modelling on plant physiological research and breeding – an example.

Senthold Asseng¹, Anthony van Herwaarden², Tim L Setter³ andJairo A Palta¹

(1) Asseng, S. and van Herwaarden, A.F. (2002) Plant and Soil. (submitted)
(2) Blacklow, W.M., Incoll, L.D. (1981) Aust. J. of Plant Physiol. 8: 191-200.
(3) Conocono, E.A. (2002) Improving Yield of Wheat Experiencing Post-Anthesis Water Deficits Through the Use of Shoot Carbohydrate Reserves. PhD Thesis, University of Western Australia, Australia.
(4) Fischer, R.A. (1994) Key issues in wheat yield potential. In, Breaking the yield barrier: Proceedings of a workshop on rice yield potential in favourable environments. Ed K.G. Cassman. pp 91-93. IRRI, Los Banos, The Philippines
(5) Nicolas, M.E., and Turner, N.C. (1993) Field Crops Res., 31:155-171.
(6) McCown, R.L., Hammer, G.L., Hargreaves, J.N.G., Holzworth, D.P., Freebairn, D.M. (1996) Agric. Syst. 50:255-271.
(7) Palta, J.A., Kobata, T, Turner, N.C. and Fillery, I.R. (1994) Crop Science, 34: 118-124.
(8) Ritchie, J.T., Godwin, D.C. and Otter-Nacke, S. (1985) CERES-wheat: A user-oriented wheat yield model. Preliminary documentation. AGRISTARS Publication No. YM-U3-04442-JSC-18892. Michigan State University. East Lansing, USA. 252 p.
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(10) Setter, T.L., Anderson, W.K., Asseng, S. and Barclay, I. (1998) Review of the impact of high shoot carbohydrate concentrations on maintenance of high yields in cereals exposed to environmental stress during grain filling. In Wheat: Research Needs Beyond 2000AD. Proceedings of the International Group Meeting on 'Wheat Research Needs Beyond 2000AD'. Eds. S Nagarajan, G Singh and BS Tyagi. pp 237-252. Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi.
(11) van Herwaarden, A.F., Farquhar, G.D., Angus, J.F., Richards, R.A. and Howe, G.N. (1998a) Aust. J. Agric. Res., 49:1067-1081.
(12) van Herwaarden, A.F., Angus, J.F., Richards, R.A. and Farquhar, G.D. (1998b) Aust. J. Agric. Res., 49:1083-1093.

Adaptation of the APSIM-Wheat module to simulate the growth and production of wheat on hostile soils

Daniel Rodriguez¹, and James Nuttall^1,2

(1) Asseng, S., Fillery, I.R.P., Dunnin, F.X., Keating, B.A. and Meinke, H. 2001. Aust. J. Agric. Res., 52:45-56.
(2) Dalgliesh, N. and Foale, M. 1998. Soil Matters, Monitoring Soil Water and Nutrients in Dryland Farming. APSRU, Toowoomba.
(3) Holloway, R.E., and Alston, A.;M. 1992. Aust. J. Agric. Res., 43:987-1001.
(4) Kobayashi, K. and Salam, M.U. 2000. Agron. J., 92:345-352.
(5) Meinke, H. and Hochman, Z. 2000. Applications of seasonal climate forecast in agriculture and natural ecosystems – the Australian experience. Kluwer.
(6) Nelson, R.A., Holzworth, D.P., Hammer, G.L. and Hayman, P.T. 2002. Ag. Systems (in press)
(7) Nuttall, J.G., Armstrong, R.D., and Connor, D.J. 2002 (submitted).
(8) Rengasamy, P. 2002. Aust. J. Exp. Agric., 42:351-361.
(9) Robertson, M.J., Carberry, P.S. and Lucy, M. 2000. Aust. J. Agric. Res., 51:1-12.
(10) Sadras, V. 2003. (Submitted).
(11) Wang, E., van Oosterom, E., Meinke, H., Asseng, S. and Robertson, M.J. 2003. This issue.

Variability in lupin yield due to climate in Western Australia

Imma Farre^1*, Michael J. Robertson², Senthold Asseng¹, Robert J. French³, Miles Dracup⁴

(1) Asseng S, Keating BA, Fillery IRP, Gregory PJ, Bowden JW, Turner NC, Palta JA, Abrecht DG (1998) Field Crops Res. 57, 163-179.
(2) Farre I, Robertson MJ, Walton GH, Asseng S (2002) Aust. J. Agric. Res. (in press).
(3) Robertson MJ, Carberry PS, Huth NI, Turpin JE, Probert ME, Poulton PL, Bell M, Wright GC, Yeates SJ, Brinsmead RB (2002) Aust. J. Agric. Res. 53, 429-446.
(4) Dracup M, Thomson B, Reader M, Kirby EJM, Shield I, Leach J (1998) Aust. J. Agric. Res. 49, 1047-1055.
(5) Carberry PS (1996) Final report to Grains Research and Development Corporation, Project CSC9 33 pp.
(6) Dracup M, Kirby EJM (1993) Field Crops Research 34, 209-225.
(7) Dracup M, Kirby EJM (1996) Lupin Development Guide. UWA Press, Nedlands,WA 97 pp.
(8) Dracup M, Reader MA, Palta JA (1998) Aust. J. Agric. Res. 49, 799-810.
(9) Gregory PJ, Eastham J (1996) Aust. J. Agric. Res. 47, 427-447.
(10) Thomson BD, Siddique KHM (1997) Field Crops Res. 54, 189-199.
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On-farm testing of the Sirius Wheat Calculator for N fertiliser and irrigation management

Peter Jamieson, Tabitha Armour and Robert Zyskowski

(1) Sylvester-Bradley, R, Stokes, D.T. and Scott, R.K. 2001. J. Agric. Sci, Camb., 136: 15-33.
(2) Bhogal, A., Rochford, A.D. and Sylvester-Bradley, R. 2000. J. Agric. Sci., Camb., 135: 139-149.
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(4) Jeuffroy, M.-H. and Recous, S. 1999. Eur. J. Agron., 10: 129-144.
(5) Makowski, D. and Wallach, D. 2001. Eur. J. Agron., 15: 197-208.
(6) Smith, J.U. Bradbury, N.J. and Addiscott, T.M. 1996. Agron. J., 88: 38-43.
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(8) Jamieson, P.D., Porter, J.R., Goudriaan, J., Ritchie, J.T., van Keulen, H. and Stol W. 1998a. Field Crops Res., 55: 23-44.
(9) Jamieson, P.D. and Semenov, M.A. 2000. Field Crops Res., 68: 21-29.

Crop agronomy - monitoring

Improving crop production by the use of PAM: Potential benefits to Australian agriculture

Siva Sivapalan¹

(1) Waters, D., Drysdale, R. and Kimber, S. 1999. Aust. Cottongrower, 20: 8-13.
(2) Hugo, L., Silburn, M., Kennedy, I. and Caldwell, R. 2000. Aust. Cottongrower, 21: 44-48.
(3) Schiller, C. and Edmunds, E. 1998. Proc.Irrigation Association of Australia Conf., Brisbane, pp. 305-309.
(4) Deery, D. and Burrow, D. 2002. Proc. Irrigation Association of Australia Conf., Sydney, pp. 330-338.
(5) Sojka, R.E. and Lentz, R.D. 1994. Soil Science, 158: 233-234.
(6) Sojka, R.E. and Surapaneni, A. 2000. Final report UNE39, Institute for Sustainable Irrigated Agriculture (ISIA), Tatura.
(7) Chan, K.Y. and Sivapalan, S. 1996. Soil Technology, 9: 91-100.
(8) Sivapalan, S. 2001. Proc. 10th Aust. Agron. Conf., Hobart, www.regional.org.au/au/asa/2001/p/11/sivapalan.htm.
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Crop monitoring in central-western NSW

Catherine Evans¹, Rob Sanderson¹, Richard Maccallum² and Neil Fettell²

(1) Lacy, J.M. (1998) 9^th Australian Agronomy Conference, Wagga Wagga, NSW.
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(4) Cornish, P.S. and Murray, G.M. (1989) Aust. J. Exper. Agric., 29: 77-83.

Early nitrogen uptake in canola in 2001

Margaret Evans¹, Aimee McCutcheon¹, Rob Norton² and Steve Marcroft³

(1) Evans, M., Johnson, A. and Thompson, B. (2001). Putting the N in CaNola. Victorian Department of Natural Resources and Environment.
(2) Hocking PJ. Randall PJ. Demarco D. Bamforth I. (1997). Aust. J.Exp.Agr., 37:83-92.
(3) Hocking, P. (2001) J. Plant Nutr. 24:43-59.

Crop agronomy - pulses & oilseeds

The response of lentil cultivars to sowing date and plant density in the southern Mallee of Victoria

Jason Brand, Roger Armstrong, Michael Materne and Greg Antonoff

(1) Carter, J.M. and Materne, M. (1997) Lentil Growers Guide. A guide for the production of lentils. Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Victoria.
(2) Siddique, K.H.M., Loss, S.P., Pritchard, D.L., Regan, K.L., Tennant, D. and Jettner, R.L. (1998) Aust J. Agric. Res., 49(4): 613-626.
(3) Siddique, K.H.M., Loss, S.P., Regan, K.L. and Pritchard, D.L. (1998) Aust J. Agric. Res., 49(7): 1057-1066.
(4) Weatherby, K.G. (1998) Soil description book. K.G. & C.V. Weatherby, Soil survey specialists, Cleve SA.

Matching lupin cultivar to environment in Western Australia

Bob French¹ and Mario D’Antuono²

(1) Garlinge, J. (1995) 1996 Crop Variety sowing Guide for Western Australia. Bulletin 4314, Agriculture Western Australia, South Perth, WA.
(2) Nelson, P., and Delane, R. (1990) Producing lupins in Western Australia. Bulletin 4179, WA Department of Agriculture, South Perth, WA
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(4) Dracup, M., and Kirby, E.J.M. (1996) Lupin Development Guide. UWA Press, Nedlands, WA.

The comparative growth, yield and water use of safflower, Linola™, mustard, canola and wheat in southern Australia

Nick Wachsmann¹, Rob Norton¹, David Jochinke¹ and Sue Knights¹

The role of phenology in adaptation of chickpea to drought

Jens Berger¹, Neil C. Turner^1,2, and Robert J. French^2,3

(1) Leport, L.,Turner, N.C., French, R.J., Barr, M.D., Duda, R., Davies, S.L., Tennant, D. and Siddique, K.H.M. (1999) Europ. J. Agron.,11: 279-291.
(2) Asseng, S., Turner, N.C. and Keating, B.A. (2001) Plant Soil 233: 127-143.

Variation in yield of faba bean across southern Australia following rhizobial inoculation

Jo Slattery¹, David Pearce¹, Mary Raynes²_, Di Carpenter³, Geoff Dean⁴, and Michael Materne²

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(5) Unkovich, M.J. and Pate, J.S (1998). Soil Biol & Biochem. 30: 1435-1443.

Intercropping with canola improves the productivity and sustainability of field pea

¹I.N.P. Soetedjo, ²L.D. Martin and ²A.J.V. Janes

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Yield and seed discolouration of windrowed broad beans in Victoria

Trevor Bretag¹ Mary Raynes¹and Liam Lenaghan²

(1) Matthews, P. and Carpenter, D. (1999) Windrowing Faba Beans. NSW Agriculture Publication, Pulse Point No. 9.

Developing protocols to quantify biomass in commercial faba bean crops

Antony Swan¹, Mark Peoples¹, Timothy Crews², Peter Matthews³ and Robert Forrester⁴

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Poor growth of canola in retained wheat straw – causes and consequences

Sarah Bruce^1,2, John Kirkegaard¹and Jim Pratley².

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Crop agronomy - warm season

Intensity of the production system influences the impact of yield decline in sugarcane

Alan Garside¹, Mike Bell^2,3, John Berthelsen¹ and Neil Halpin^2,4

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(6) Pankhurst, C.E., Magarey, R.C., Stirling, G., Holt, J. and Brown, J.D. 1999. Proc. Aust. Soc. Sugar Cane TechnoL., 22: 79-86.
(7) Bell, M.J., Garside, A.L. and Magarey, R.C. 2000. Proc. Aust. Soc. Sugar Cane Technol., 23: 68-76.
(8) Garside, A.L., Bell, M.J. and Magarey R.C. 2001. Proc. Int. Soc. Sugar Cane Technol., 24: 16-21.
(9) Muchow, R.C., Robertson, M.J., Wood, A.W. and Spillman, M.F. 1994. Proc. Aust. Soc. of Sugar Cane Technol., 17: 187-192.
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The impact of crop rotation on peanut productivity in rainfed cropping systems

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Canopy development in phosphorus deficient sweet corn.

Andrew Fletcher¹, Derrick Moot¹ and Peter Stone²

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Crop water loss

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Environmental management

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Doris Blaesing

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Farming systems

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Liam Lenaghan¹, Bobby Liston¹ and Harm van Rees²

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Richard Routley¹, Ian Broad², Greg McLean², Jeremy Whish³ and Graeme Hammer²

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Lucerne

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P.J. Dolling¹, P.R. Ward², R.A. Latta³, A.Ryder⁴, S. Asseng², M.J. Robertson⁵, P.S. Cocks^1,6 and M.A. Ewing⁶

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Robert Harris¹, Jeff Hirth¹, Kieran Ransom², Michael Crawford² and Riad Naji³

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Roy Latta

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Performance of APSIM-Lucerne in South Australia

Muhammad Shafiq Zahid^1,3, William Bellotti^1,4 , Ann McNeill^1,4 and Michael Robertson²

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Kieran Ransom¹, Nicholas Bate¹, Jeff Hirth² and Michael Crawford¹

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J.M. Virgona

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New crops & crop products

The growth and development of industrial hemp (Cannabis sativa) in central western New South Wales

Jack Cooper

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A new temperate forage legume with great potential – breeding new cultivars of Hedysarum

David Lloyd¹, Carolyn de Koning², Steve Hughes³, Brian Johnson¹,andDon McLachlan³

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Crambe: A North Dakotan case study

Sue Knights

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Biopolymers from crops: their potential to improve the environment

David Michael

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Evaluation of agronomic characters of mulberry varieties in South East Queensland

Loko Anota, Madan Gupta and Doug George

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Evaluation of improved lines of guayule (Parthenium argentatum Gray) for commercial rubber

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The search for alternative safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) cultivars adapted to southeastern Australia with improved marketability

David Jochinke¹, Nick Wachsmann¹, Sue Knights¹, Trent Potter² and Brian Field³

Nitrogen in rotations

Silage cutting and grass removal in the pasture phase, their effect on two consecutive cropping years

Dale Grey¹, Michael Crawford² and Micheal Wheeler³

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Nitrogen benefits to wheat from pasture legumes in a low rainfall cropping system

Libby Roesner¹ and Neil Fettell¹

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Simulating crop and soil processes in crop sequences in southern NSW

Julianne Lilley¹, John Kirkegaard¹, Michael Robertson², Merv Probert², John Angus¹, Geoff Howe¹

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Organics

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L. Evans and J. Maheswaran

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Josephine Stokes, Justine Cody, Jay Maheswaran

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Pastures

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Carolyn de Koning¹, David Lloyd², Steve Hughes¹, Don McLachlan¹, Graham Crocker³, Suzanne Boschma³and Andrew Craig¹

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Perennial ryegrass survival through summer

Raquel Waller¹, Peter Sale² and Geoffrey Saul³

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Jake Howie

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Joe Jacobs and Graeme Ward

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Richard J. Martin, Richard N. Gillespie, Shane Maley, Maryann Robson.

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Trifolium spumosum L. an exciting prospective legume for fine textured soils in Mediterranean farming systems

Angelo Loi¹, Bradley Nutt², Rochelle McRobb¹, StephenJ. Carr¹

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The change in the proportions of annual legume species in response to the presence of lucerne and the addition of gypsum.

B.S. Dear¹, R. Hayes¹, G.A. Sandral¹_,A.D. Swan²_,M.B. Peoples², B.A. Orchard¹, K.Y. Chan¹, A. Oates¹.

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Effects of pasture management and liming history on pasture and wheat performance in the central wheatbelt of Western Australia

Anyou Liu and Clinton Revell

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Comparing sulfur sources for pastures on light sandy soils

Andrew Speirs¹, David Harbison¹, Peter Flavel¹, and Chris Dyson²

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