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Agronomic methods: evaluation by multiple-species pasture mixtures

D. Scott
C. G. L. Pennell

AgResearch
P.O. Box 60
Lincoln, New Zealand

Abstract  Two trials, of 13 and 24 pasture species respectively, illustrated the utility of using the methodology of an initial multiple species mixture of contending accessions as a means of determining those most suitable to particular environment and management systems. Grazing trials on a developed lowland site and an initial development of a rangeland site showed rapid convergence in pasture composition from different initial sowing patterns. The option of sowing individual accessions as rows within mixed grazed swards gave the opportunity of comparing species or cultivars at early evaluation stages when seed supplies may be limited.

Keywords  experimental design; species selection; pasture composition

A05060; Received 14 November 2005; accepted 18 January 2006; Online publication date 16 May 2006
New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research, 2006, Vol. 49: 191–200
0028–8233/06/4902–0191 © The Royal Society of New Zealand 2006

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