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Turbo Persian Clover

Trifolium majus
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Turbo produces more feed during autumn and winter than traditional Persian clovers, and will continue well into spring under Australian conditions.

  • Tall erect mature growth for easy manageability
  • Rapid autumn and winter seedling vigour for better establishment
  • High growth rates and production in all seasons, particularly in late autumn/winter
  • Developed for flexibility in grazing and multi-cut production
  • Suitable for silage, hay and grazing
  • Balanced companion legume with annual and short term grasses
  • Good frost tolerance
  • High tolerance to diseases, particularly rust
  • Excellent quality forage of high nutritive value
    • Seed agronomy table

      MaturityLate
      Min Rainfall450
      Hard SeedednessLow
      Waterlogging ToleranceGood
      Seeding RateKg/Ha
      Dryland6-10
      High Rainfall / Irrigation10-15

      Blends using this Seed

      Winter Max Blend
      Winter Express Blend

      Enterprises for this Seed

      Sheep
      Beef Cattle
      Diary Cattle
      Horse
      Hay & Silage
      Viti & Horti

      Strengths

      • High nutritive value.
      • Extremely high production potential.
      • Multi cut forage crop.
      • Tolerant of seasonal flooding.
      • Some tolerance of salinity.
      • Free of oestrogen risks.

      Limitations

      • Poor regeneration.
      • Plant description.

      Plant Description

      Plant: Erect, annual. Up to 750 mm height.
      Stems: Up to 35 mm diameter, hollow, soft.
      Leaves: trifoliate, up to 25 mm long, plain, strongly veined, oval-shaped leaflets with serrated margins.
      Flowers: pink-violet flowers. Many-flowered cluster and mature in axillary, white, spherical, woolly seed heads to 15 mm diameter on long stalks.
      Pods: membranous, dehiscing at thickened sutures; one seeded.
      Seeds: ~1 mm long, ovoid, various colours (brown, olive, purple); ~1.5 million/kg.

      Pasture type and use

      A winter-growing, annual capable of excellent winter and spring growth. Suited to seasonal irrigation. A valuable fodder crop.

      Where it grows

      Rainfall: > 500 mm in winter/spring rainfall zone for dryland use. Also used with irrigation. Tolerates water with up to 1500 S/cm on low salinity soils with adequate drainage.
      Soils: Suited to clay soils, pH 5.5-8.5 (CaCl2). Tolerant of severe waterlogging and mildly saline soil.
      Temperature: Good heat tolerance. Quite tolerant of frost and cold but slow growing at low temperatures.

      Establishment

      Companion species:
      Grasses: Italian ryegrass.
      Legumes: Balansa clover, arrowleaf clover.
      Sowing/planting rates as single species: 5-15 kg/ha; broadcast onto a finely worked, weed free seed bed and cover lightly by a roller or drill seed at 5 mm depth into a clean, finely worked seed bed. High seed rate boosts winter yield and reduces weed invasion.
      * ensure seed is Goldstrike treated.
      Sowing/planting rates in mixtures: 3-7 kg/ha.
      * ensure seed is Goldstrike treated.
      Sowing time: February (if irrigating) to April.
      Inoculation: GoldstrikeTreated.
      The use of Goldstrike XLR8 is recommended to reduce damage from insects at seedling stages.
      Fertiliser: Apply ~20-30 kg P/ha annually and correct any nutrient deficiencies, especially K, Mo, Cu, S.

      Management

      Maintenance fertiliser: For optimum growth Olsen soil P (0-10 cm depth) > 15.
      Grazing/cutting: Suited to winter grazing. Set residues at 2-3 cm (winter) and 4-5 cm (spring) to avoid over grazing. Rotationally graze during the cool season when 15-20 cm tall; this stimulates tillering. If sown with grass must graze late winter/early spring to allow clover to contribute later. Suited to hay/silage production; most valuable aftermath. Stems are nutritious but slow to dry; use conditioner to speed up drying. Fast regrowth facilitates second cut; remove bales promptly,hay quite susceptible to rain damage.
      Ability to spread: Poor recruitment; most cultivars produce little hard seed.
      Weed potential: Low. Seed very susceptible to sprouting in the head and to false breaks.
      Major pests: Red legged earth mite and lucerne flea need to be identified and controlled rapidly during establishment.
      Major diseases: Some cultivars susceptible to leaf and stem rust (Uromyces trifolii-repentis) and clover rot (Sclerotinia trifoliorum).
      Herbicide susceptibility: Glyphosate. Damaged by many broad-leaf herbicides.

      Animal production

      Feeding value: High (high soluble carbohydrate, high protein content & low NDF content). Retains excellent feeding value as dry standing hay during dry weather.
      Palatability: Palatable.
      Production potential: Good winter, spring, summer.
      Livestock disorders/toxicity: Low isoflavone content - no risk to breeding livestock. Low risk of bloat. Can be associated with photo-sensitization.

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