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Australian Perennial Legume Improvement Program South Australian Lucerne Project

Project start date: 01 January 1995
Project end date: 01 July 1997
Publication date: 01 July 1997
Project status: Completed
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Summary

This Project has enabled the development of prominent Australian lucerne cultivars Sceptre and Eureka and the short listing of several promising lines to be developed as cultivars over the next few years.The availability of these cultivars has had and will have a significant impact on the meat, dairy and grazing industries in Australia from Queensland to Tasmania and across to Western Australia.

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Project manager: David Beatty
Primary researcher: South Australian Research and Development Institute