Preliminary evaluation of Lespedeza juncea var .sericea in south‐western Australia

摘要：

Lepedez a j uncea (L.f.) Pers.subsp.sericea ( Thunb.) Steen.syn.L.cuneata (Dumont de Courset) G.Don.; sericea or perennial lespedeza is a long lived perennial forage legume native to Asia and Australasia.It is a warm season plant, well adapted to infertile acid soils, and tolerates drought.Sericea lespedeza was developed in the USA initially for soil conservation and later as a source of fodder ( Munger 2004).Breeding of fodder cultivars focused initially on stem thickness, and later on tannin content and grazing or cutting tolerance ( Mosjidis 2001 ).Breeding and selection relied on germplasm sourced mainly from China and Japan.Sericea lespedeza was evaluated in a program aimed to improve water use efficiency all year round with perennial plants and to drought proof the wheat belt of south‐western Australia.

关键词： Lespedeza cuneata sericea lespedeza germplasm morphological characterization field evaluation

作者: R.Snowball T.Albertsen K.Gajda D.Real R.Yates B Cohen

作者单位: Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia,3 Baron-Hay Court,South Perth,WA,6151,Australia Future Farm Industries CRC,The University of Western Australia,Crawley,WA,6009,Australia.

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 2008世界草地与草原大会

会议地点: 呼和浩特

会议语种:英文

在线出版日期: 2008-06-29（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）