Claim · model-written summary
Authors recommend promoting perennial based pastures for production, feed quality and environmental benefits.
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e0“perennial-based pastures should be promoted for the purposes of productivity, in terms of increasing pasture production and improving feed quality, and for the environmental benefits in terms of alleviating the soil acidity problem and reducing the risk of dryland salinity”
Title
G. D. Li; K. R. Helyar; S. J. Welham; et al. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 2006. doi:10.1071/ar05298
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- Intervention effect Limed pastures produced 18% more dry matter overall.
- Intervention effect Lime increased perennial pasture dry matter by 610 kg/ha.
- Intervention effect Annual pasture dry matter was 420 kg/ha higher with lime without statistical significance.
- Intervention effect Perennial pasture growth responded significantly to lime in winter and spring.
- Intervention effect Annual pasture growth responded significantly to lime in winter and spring.
- Intervention effect Neither pasture type responded to lime in autumn and summer.