Effects of Different Levels of Phosphorus on Forage Yield and Quality of White Clover (Trifolium repens L.)

2006 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 201-206
Author(s):  
Ozgur Tongel . ◽  
Sebahattin Albayrak .
Author(s):  
J. Van den Bosch ◽  
I.K. Black ◽  
G.R. Cousins ◽  
D.R. Woodfield

Drought-stress limits white clover (Trifolium repens L.) persistence in many New Zealand regions. As a component of breeding for enhanced drought tolerance, 8 selection groups (110 lines in total) of white clover were evaluated in the Wairarapa over a 2-year period. The selection groups included Australian white clover ecotypes, selections from New Zealand dryland populations, root morphology selections, pre-release selections from New Zealand breeding programmes, and existing overseas and New Zealand cultivars. The selection groups derived from New Zealand dryland populations had the highest forage yield and plant survival, 21 of the 24 individual lines with >30% plant survival coming from these groups. Groups containing Australian ecotypes and overseas cultivars had the lowest forage yield and plant survival. Selections for root morphology per se were lower yielding and less persistent than selections made from New Zealand dryland populations evaluated in drought-prone environments. However, some improvements in forage yield and persistence were observed through selecting for root morphology after screening the same New Zealand dryland populations in a drought-prone North Canterbury site. Keywords: drought tolerance, plant breeding, root morphology, Trifolium repens


2004 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. H. Marshall ◽  
T. A. Williams ◽  
M. T. Abberton ◽  
T. P. T. Michaelson-Yeates ◽  
P. Olyott ◽  
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1984 ◽  
Vol 76 (1) ◽  
pp. 114-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. L. Griffin ◽  
G. A. Jung ◽  
N. L. Hartwig

Plant Science ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 165 (3) ◽  
pp. 531-539 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth S. Jones ◽  
Leonie J. Hughes ◽  
Michelle C. Drayton ◽  
Michael T. Abberton ◽  
Terry P.T. Michaelson-Yeates ◽  
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2007 ◽  
Vol 277 (4) ◽  
pp. 413-425 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. O. I. Cogan ◽  
M. C. Drayton ◽  
R. C. Ponting ◽  
A. C. Vecchies ◽  
N. R. Bannan ◽  
...  

1988 ◽  
Vol 110 (1) ◽  
pp. 145-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Cook ◽  
D. R. Evans

SummaryThe expression of symptoms of stem nematode reproduction on a total of 53 white clovers (26 cultivars, 14 genepools and 13 introductions from plant collections) was studied in a series of field and glasshouse experiments. Seedlings or stolon-tip cuttings were inoculated with nematodes and the clovers classified by the proportion of plants which developed symptoms. Significant differences were found between varieties although in each test the majority was intermediate between more resistant and susceptible extremes. There was significant positive correlation between tests, in spite of different inoculation methods and different average levels of susceptibility. Very large-leaved cv. Aran was more resistant than most other clovers tested, and small-leaved cv. S. 184 was more susceptible. There was no general correlation of leaf size with reaction to stemnematode. Small-leaved cv. Pronitro was also resistant while several large-leaved cultivars were susceptible. In observations of plants exposed to nematodes over a long period, either by sequential inoculations or through perpetuating latent infections, apparently resistant plants eventually succumbed and supported nematode reproduction. It has not been determined whether this was because selection for virulence in the nematodes had occurred.


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