Herbage production from perennial ryegrass and tall fescue pastures under irrigation inthe Canterbury and Waikato regions of New Zealand

Minneé, E. M. K.; Knight, T. L.; Sutherland, B. L.; Vlaming, J. B.; Fletcher, L. R.; Clark, D. A.

doi:10.33584/jnzg.2010.72.2790

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“…Ryegrass and white clover are particular suitable in summer moist or irrigated pastures, where under the appropriate fertiliser and grazing management regime, they form a productive pasture of a high quality. In this experiment, annual herbage DM production was greater in the perennial ryegrass-based pastures (RG and HS) than TF-based pastures in the first but not second year, supporting similar results by Minneé et al (2010). Compared to perennial ryegrass, tall fescue pastures are more suitable and tolerant to hot, dry summer environments and may have higher growth rates (McCallum et al 1992).…”

Section: Dm Herbage Productionsupporting

confidence: 71%

Productivity of rotationally grazed simple and diverse pasture mixtures under irrigation in Canterbury

Nobilly¹,

Bryant²,

McKenzie³

et al. 2013

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Herbage dry matter (DM) production, botanical composition and nutritive value were compared over 2 years under irrigation and dairy cow grazing for simple two-species grass (perennial ryegrass or tall fescue)- white clover pastures and diverse pastures where herbs (chicory and plantain), legumes (red clover and lucerne) and prairie grass were added to the simple mixtures. Averaged over 2 years, annual herbage DM production was 1.62 t DM/ha greater in diverse (16.77 t DM/ ha) than simple (15.15 t DM/ha) pastures, primarily reflecting greater DM production in summer. Diverse pastures had lower metabolisable energy (ME) (12.0 vs 12.2 MJ ME/kg DM) and neutral detergent fibre (301 vs 368 g/kg DM) content than simple pastures, although the total ME produced per year was greater in diverse than simple pastures (202 vs 185 GJ ME/ha). Ryegrassbased pastures had higher annual DM production than tall fescue-based pastures in the first but not second year. The results indicate that including additional legumes and herbs with simple grass-white clover pastures may increase total DM and ME production of dairy pastures under irrigation. Keywords: Lolium perenne L., Festuca arundinacea, herbs, legumes, pasture mixtures, diversity, nutritive value

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Section: Dm Herbage Productionsupporting

confidence: 71%

Productivity of rotationally grazed simple and diverse pasture mixtures under irrigation in Canterbury

Nobilly¹,

Bryant²,

McKenzie³

et al. 2013

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“…Therefore, 'Advance' was more productive over the first 5 years, but both cultivars showed similar persistence after 6 years. Under partial irrigation in Canterbury, Minneé et al (2010) found that 'Advance' and 'Resolute' (another "Mediterranean" tall fescue) produced similar yields in the first 2 years, but that 'Resolute' had failed by the third year producing 3.8 t DM/ha less than 'Advance'. Further work is required to clarify differences in persistence between 'Advance' and 'Flecha' tall fescues.…”

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confidence: 98%

Dry matter and sheep production of four dryland tall fescue-clover pastures 4-6 years after establishment

Black¹,

Moir²

2015

Journal of NZ Grasslands

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Effects of tall fescue cultivar ('Advance' and 'Flecha') and clover species (white and subterranean (sub) clovers) combinations on pasture dry matter (DM) and sheep production were assessed in years four (2011/12), five (2012/13) and six (2013/14) after establishment in dryland, Canterbury. 'Advance' pastures yielded less total herbage than 'Flecha' pastures (13.9 cf. 16.5 t DM/ha) but more fescue (8.6 cf. 5.9 t DM/ha) and 2.1 t DM/ha clover in year four, 13.5 t DM/ha total herbage with more fescue (8.0 cf. 4.1 t DM/ha) and 1.9 t DM/ha clover in year five, and 11.7 t DM/ha total herbage, 5.4 t DM/ha fescue and 0.8 t DM/ha clover in year six. Sub clover pastures yielded more total, fescue and clover herbage (16.9, 8.8 and 3.2 t DM/ha) than white clover pastures (13.5, 5.7 and 1.0 t DM/ha) in year four, more fescue in year five (7.2 cf. 4.9 t DM/ha), and more clover in year six (1.2 cf. 0.3 t DM/ha). Sheep liveweight gain was greater for sub than white clover pastures in year four (939 cf. 431 kg/ha) and five (697 cf. 481 kg/ha) and 689 kg/ha in year six. Therefore, sub clover and 'Advance' were generally more productive than white clover and 'Flecha', but both fescues showed similar persistence after 6 years. Keywords: cultivar, Festuca arundinacea, grass-clover mixtures, liveweight gain, Trifolium subterraneum, Trifolium repens

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“…Plant breeding of minor legumes and herbs has been a feature of plant breeding in New Zealand, largely initiated by government plant breeders. A number of these are now species of significant interest with private plant breeding companies, including grazingtolerant red clovers (Ford & Barrett 2011), plantain (Stewart 1996), chicory (Rumball 1986;Hare et al 1987), lucerne (Dunbier 1983), tall fescue (Easton & Pennell 1993;Easton et al 1994;Minnee et al 2010), cocksfoot (Dactylis glomerata) (Lolicato & Rumball 1994), grazing bromes (Bromus stamineus) (Stewart 1992), prairie grass (Bromus willdenowii) (Baars & Cranston 1977;Rys et al 1977), meadow fescue (Festuca pratensis) (Popay et al 2009), and forage brassica species (Lindsay et al 2007;Dumbleton et al 2012). However, there are many other forage species that fit minor ecological niches across New Zealand adding to resilience of pastures.…”

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confidence: 99%

Plant breeding for resilient pastures

Caradus¹,

Bouton

Brummer

et al. 2021

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Plant breeding has had, and continues to have, an important role in providing farmers with resilient pastures. Early breeding relied on improvement of ecotype populations and this was accelerated by crossing with selected introduced germplasm. The primary traits under selection have targeted speed of establishment, total and/or seasonal dry matter (DM) yield, nutritive value or feed quality, flowering time and reduced aftermath heading, disease resistance, persistence and seed yield. Continued improvement through plant breeding to meet environmental concerns and tolerances to both biotic and abiotic stresses will be achieved through ongoing plant introductions, exploiting heterosis, speed breeding, genomic selection, improvements in phenotyping, metabolomics, improved compatibility with beneficial microbes, and potentially the use of transgenic and gene editing technologies.

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Herbage production from perennial ryegrass and tall fescue pastures under irrigation inthe Canterbury and Waikato regions of New Zealand

Abstract: The major limitation to perennial ryegrass-based systems is low soil moisture which reduces perennial ryegrass growth. irrigation can maintain adequate soil moisture levels for pasture growth, however, the associated cost requires high levels of forage water use efficiency.

Cited by 9 publications

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Productivity of rotationally grazed simple and diverse pasture mixtures under irrigation in Canterbury

Productivity of rotationally grazed simple and diverse pasture mixtures under irrigation in Canterbury

Dry matter and sheep production of four dryland tall fescue-clover pastures 4-6 years after establishment

Plant breeding for resilient pastures

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