AgGuide - A guide to pasture species in NSW
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This guide to pasture species in NSW, includes descriptions and colour photos of useful temperate and tropical legume and grass species. Also includes chapters on pasture selection, establishment, management and grazing systems.
Table of contents
- Chapter 1: Pasture Types suitable for NSW
Why sow pasture?
Temperate or tropical?
Responding to climate change and climate variability
A history of introductions
Describing new cultivars - Chapter 2: Legumes for soil, pasture and crop improvement
Strains of rhizobium
Inoculating legume seed - Chapter 3: Fertilisers for pastures
Phosphorus: a key nutrient
Other esstential plant nutrients - Chapter 4: Pasture establishment
Seed treatment - Chapter 5: Pasture management
Pasture quantity and quality - Chapter 6: Grazing management
The principles of grazing management
Stocking rates
Altering the diet
Keeping the sward vigorous
Maintaining desirable species
Grazing systems
Picking a good diet
Supplements
Continuous feed supply - Chapter 7: Selecting species, cultivars and mixtures for pastures
Describing grasses
Grass plant parts
Cultivar development
Pasture recommendations
Animal health and disorders - Chapter 8: Pasture grasses
- Chapter 9: Pasture legumes
Description - Chapter 10: Fodder and forage crops
Pasture hay and silage
Fodder and forage crops
Crops for winter feed
Crops for summer feed
Browse shrubs - Chaper 11: Seed quality
Genetic integrity
Seed purity
Germination testing - Species list
Alphabetical by common name
Alphabetical by botanical name - References and further reading
Books
Web sites - Species index
Book details
| Title | AgGuide - A guide to pasture species in NSW |
|---|---|
| Pages | 144 |
| ISBN | ISBN 978-0 7313 0627-5 |
| Catalogue number | B735 |
| Year of publish | 2010 |
| Price | $30.00AUD (inc GST) purchase online |