Meta-analyses comparing the nutritional composition of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) and plantain (Plantago lanceolata) pastures

ACREMONIUM-ENDOPHYTES OF PERENNIAL RYEGRASS (Lolium perenne) IN FRANCE

13-17 ABSTRACT Infection with endophytic fungi (Acremonium spp.) was detected in seeds of wild populations of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) collected in France by private breeding companies and INRA. In total, 262 populations were examined and 70% contained Acremonium. It is worth noticing that most populations are endophyte infected but generally endophyte infection rates per population ...

The effects of maleic hydrazide on growth control of perennial ryegrass (lolium perenne L.CV. yarandi)

The use of legume and herb forage species to create high performance pastures for sheep and cattle grazing systems

Sheep and cattle farmers need pastoral systems that are more productive and environmentally sustainable. The role that high feeding value herb and legume forage species can play in the farms of the future is highlighted. It is shown that species such as chicory (Cichorium intybus), plantain (Plantago lanceolata), red clover (Trifolium pratense) and white clover (T.repens) can provide live weigh...

Plantain (Plantago lanceolata) – a potential pasture species

Plantago lanceolata L. is a herb species with a broad distribution in grasslands throughout the temperate world. The leaf is highly palatable to grazing animals, providing a mineralrich forage. The species is rapid to establish, grows on a wide range of agricultural soils and is tolerant of drought and of many common diseases and pests. Two productive upright cultivars of plantain have been bre...

Functional Analyses of Caffeic Acid O-Methyltransferase and Cinnamoyl-CoA-Reductase Genes from Perennial Ryegrass (Lolium perenne) W

Yi Tu,a,b,c Simone Rochfort,a,c Zhiqian Liu,a Yidong Ran,a Megan Griffith,a,b Pieter Badenhorst,a Gordon V. Louie,d Marianne E. Bowman,d Kevin F. Smith,a,b,c Joseph P. Noel,d Aidyn Mouradov,a,b,c,1 and German Spangenberga,b,c a Department of Primary Industries, Biosciences Research Division, Victorian AgriBiosciences Centre, Bundoora, Victoria, 3083, Australia bMolecular Plant Breeding Cooperat...