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(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1973)Caucasian clover (T. ambiguum M. Bieb.) was studied to assess its suitability in revegetation programmes on eroded mountain areas. One hexaploid and two diploid strains of T. ambiguum were compared with Grasslands Huia white clover in controlled environme ...
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(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1987)Canterbury farmers are increasingly interested in lentils as a high value grain crop. Because of this, a research programme to study the growth, development and water use of lentils was initiated in 1984 and continued in 1985. In the first year, Titore an ...
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(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1984)A dryland lucerne (Medicago sativa L.) grazing trial to compare cv Wairau and a winter-active cultivar, Rere, was conducted over a two and a half year period using mixed aged ewes. Four cool-season grazing treatments were imposed; no cool-season grazing, ...
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(New Zealand Society Animal Production., 2013-01)Improving nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) (g of milk nitrogen output/g of nitrogen intake) of dairy cows helps to maximise profitability and minimise nitrogen losses on farm. However, the traditional nitrogen balance technique used indoors to measure dry m ...
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(Lincoln University, 2015)The majority of New Zealand pastoral agriculture is based around white clover and perennial ryegrass. These pastures a generally well suited to the majority of New Zealand. However these pastures often fail to perform at crucial periods, such as in summer ...
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(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1980)A preliminary factorial experiment with Lupinus albus cv. Ultra, using three concentrations of the aklylating chemical ethyl methanesulphonate ( EMS ) and two treatment periods, examined the effects of this mutagen on field survival and fertility in the M ...
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(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1970)Tillering in cereals, ecologically important to plants and economically important to agronomists, is the result of the development of axillary buds into tillers. It has been shown to be affected mainly by nutrition, moisture, climate, seed size, depth of ...
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(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1980)Less than 10% of New Zealand's annual requirement for dry seed of Phaseolus vulgaris is grown in the country, the remainder being imported from North America. In a population trial in Canterbury in 1976, Goulden obtained a maximum seed yield of 6.2 t ha⁻¹ ...
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(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1977)Grass and legume seedlings were planted to form legume and legume-grass swards on north-facing hill slopes at two sites in North Canterbury. At Hunua “College Glutinosa” lucerne and "Grasslands Nui" perennial ryegrass or "Grasslands K1950" cocksfoot were ...
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(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1968)All plant activities take place within certain well defined conditions. For normal plant growth, certain environmental conditions such as temperature, light, moisture and mineral nutrients must be met. These requirements must be present at least in minimu ...