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Variation in seedling growth of 11 perennial legumes in response to phosphorus supply

Pang, J., Tibbett, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0143-2190, Denton, M. D., Lambers, H., Siddique, K. H. M., Bolland, M. D. A., Revell, C. K. and Ryan, M. H. (2010) Variation in seedling growth of 11 perennial legumes in response to phosphorus supply. Plant and Soil, 328 (1-2). pp. 133-143. ISSN 0032-079X

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To link to this item DOI: 10.1007/s11104-009-0088-9

Abstract/Summary

Phosphorus (P) deficiency is a major problem for Australian agriculture. Development of new perennial pasture legumes that acquire or use P more efficiently than the current major perennial pasture legume, lucerne (Medicago sativa L.), is urgent. A glasshouse experiment compared the response of ten perennial herbaceous legume species to a series of P supplies ranging from 0 to 384 µg g−1 soil, with lucerne as the control. Under low-P conditions, several legumes produced more biomass than lucerne. Four species (Lotononis bainesii Baker, Kennedia prorepens F.Muell, K. prostrata R.Br, Bituminaria bituminosa (L.) C.H.Stirt) achieved maximum growth at 12 µg P g−1 soil, while other species required 24 µg P g−1. In most tested legumes, biomass production was reduced when P supply was ≥192 µg g−1, due to P toxicity, while L. bainesii and K. prorepens showed reduced biomass when P was ≥24 µg g−1 and K. prostrata at ≥48 µg P g−1 soil. B. bituminosa and Glycine canescens F.J.Herm required less soil P to achieve 0.5 g dry mass than the other species did. Lucerne performed poorly with low P supply and our results suggest that some novel perennial legumes may perform better on low-P soils.

Item Type:Article
Refereed:Yes
Divisions:Life Sciences > School of Agriculture, Policy and Development > Department of Sustainable Land Management > Centre for Agri-environmental Research (CAER)
ID Code:42818
Publisher:Springer

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