Productivity and persistence of <i>Trifolium hirtum</i> , <i>T. michelianum</i> , <i>T. glanduliferum</i> and <i>Ornithopus sativus</i> sown as monocultures or in mixtures with <i>T. subterraneum</i> in the south-eastern Austra

Abstract

The persistence and productivity of 5 annual pasture legume species: French serradella ( Ornithopus sativus Brot) cv. Cadiz; rose clover ( Trifolium hirtum All.) cv. Hykon; balansa clover ( T. michelianum Savi) cv.&amp;nbsp;Frontier; gland clover ( T. glanduliferum ) cv. Prima) and subterranean clover ( T. subterraneum L.), grown in monocultures or as binary mixtures with subterranean clover cv. Nungarin, were examined on an acid soil (pH&amp;nbsp;4.7) in the low rainfall wheat belt of south-eastern Australia over a 3-year period of continuous pasture.