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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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