Top-dressing and head-start inoculation are proving successful in the field.
Introducing new inoculant strains to pasture paddocks can be achieved without reseeding.
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Nodule Scoring System for Pulse legumes
If you’re digging up your crop legumes to check the nodulation use this nodule rating system. This is the system used by the Centre for Rhizobium Studies (CRS) at Murdoch University www.crs.murdoch.edu.au to assess their field samples. The chart was supplied courtesy of the CRS.
Summer sowing pastures – plan now for next season!
Summer sowing pasture is a new technique designed to use nature to soften hard seed and pods of some pasture varieties. This method has been devised by Dr Brad Nutt and Dr Angelo Loi from DAFWA Pasture Division. This means that pasture sowing can take place in January/February at a time when there is less pressure compared to the normal sowing window. It can also be used at an opportunity to prepare seeding equipment, again at a time that is less stressful to the operator.
ALOSCA – A new technology to deliver rhizobia and other beneficial microbes into broadacre agriculture
ALOSCA® – A new technology to deliver rhizobia and other beneficial microbes into broadacre agriculture.
This paper was accepted and presented at the 13th Agronomy Conference September 2006, Perth, Western Australia. While this paper is a little dated now, it fully explains the ALOSCA granule concept.
Abstract
ALOSCA® technology was developed to provide a more reliable and end-user friendly delivery system for rhizobia and other beneficial soil microbes. The key feature of ALOSCA® technology is the enhanced survival of microbes during desiccation, which leads
to better survival of inoculants and ultimately greater impact on plant growth. The use of ALOSCA® granules eliminates the need for slurry inoculum immediately prior to planting.
ALOSCA® granules can be mixed with either seed or fertilizer at seeding and can remain viable in the ground for extended periods. A further advantage of the ALOSCA® technology is the flexibility if affords when fungicide is applied to seeds without adversely affecting the rhizobia which are supplied separately in the clay based granules.
ALOSCA – A new technology to deliver rhizobia
ALOSCA granule brochure (DL size)
The ALOSCA DL size granular product brochure unfolds to A4 size double sides colour info sheet that outlines product benefits and methods of use and is a handy point of reference to keep on file.
Check our product Group Chart
The ALOSCA Group Chart details which inoculant treats which legume species. It details all the legume species commonly sown in Australia.