Value of saltbush questioned

Casson, B., Casson, T. and Barrett-Lennard, E.G. (1995) Value of saltbush questioned. Journal of the Department of Agriculture (WA), 36 (1). pp. 24-27.

Abstract

Over the last 20 years the Department of Agriculture has focused on finding plant species that can grow on salt/and to produce sheep feed, and on techniques for establishing plantations of saltbushes. Some research has been in response to farmer reports of success in using revegetated salt/and to provide autumn forage, while other work has resulted from the apparent importance of saltbushes in rangeland areas.

Objective measurements of wool production have been taken only recently. Three years research at Katanning indicates that while saltbush material is selected and eaten by sheep, its value for wool production is not high. It appears that saltbush cannot act as a genuine supplement to dry pastures, as BRIAN WARREN, TESS CASSON and ED BARRETT-LENNARD explain.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publisher:	DAFWA
Publisher's Website:	https://researchlibrary.agric.wa.gov.au/journal_ag...
URI:	http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/45381

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