Faecal seeding, drought, and seed survival in dung
Glasser, Abby, and Gardiner, Chris (2023) Faecal seeding, drought, and seed survival in dung. In: [Presented at the Northern Beef Research Update Conference 2023]. From: Northern Beef Research Update Conference 2023, 22-25 August 2023, Darwin, NT, Australia.
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Desmanthus is a tropical sub tropical pasture legume with hard seed. Seed was fed to cows in a molasses dry season supplement. The resulting dung was collected and stored for later use. Eight years later the dung was sieved and seed extracted and tested for germination. 84% of the seed recovered from the dung germinated suggesting that Desmanthus seed is very resilient and stays viable after passing the gastro intestinal tract. The seed is very hardy and long lived in dry conditions, potentially surviving drought to germinate later under moist conditions.
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| Item Type: | Conference Item (Abstract / Summary) |
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| Date Deposited: | 22 Aug 2023 02:53 |
| FoR Codes: | 30 AGRICULTURAL, VETERINARY AND FOOD SCIENCES > 3004 Crop and pasture production > 300499 Crop and pasture production not elsewhere classified @ 100% |
| SEO Codes: | 10 ANIMAL PRODUCTION AND ANIMAL PRIMARY PRODUCTS > 1005 Pasture, browse and fodder crops > 100505 Sown pastures (excl. lucerne) @ 100% |
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