NFREC Perennial Peanut Update (12/12/15) Ann Blount (forage breeding) Jose Dubeux (forage management) Cheryl Mackowiak (soils)
State Support FDACS and Florida Cattlemen: Silver Spurs Ranch (outside Kissimee, FL) area for hosting UF-IFAS researchers and extension. forage system testing includes perennial peanut Phosphorus availability in biosolids and its effect on soil P retention.
Soil P Storage Capacity (SPSC) Nair and Harris (2014)
SPSC of different soil amendments Rew et al. (2007)
Phosphorus treatments: Control (no addition) DAP
Class AA biosolids (source 1)
Class B biosolids (Tallahassee)
Biochar (Class B biosolids)
Struvite (NH4MgPO4·6H2O)
State Support FDOT: Jennifer Shirley graduation (MS) in 2016 Perennial peanut (Ecoturf and experimental line) Bahiagrass (Argentine and experimental dwarf line) Grown without N inputs alone and PP X Grass mixtures Poster presented at ASA-CSSA-SSSA, 2015 Assessing Biological N2 Fixation in a Perennial Warm-season Grass/Legume System
Balm: Research plots
Yield and Nitrogen (GCREC)
Yield and Nitrogen (NFREC)
What it means for pastures…
Balm: PP x bahiagrass (mixture)
Quincy: PP x bahiagrass (mixture), 2013
Field plots and greenhouse
How much nitrogen being fixed by the plant?
Support FDACS: Forage hay field monocultures vs legume/grass mixtures bahia, bermuda, perennial peanut, alfalfa Nitrogen budgets (nutrient balance) of monocultures, including perennial peanut PPPA and NNF: Funds to study below-ground processes (rhizomes, rooting, nutrient water issues) NNF grant to fund PhD students in Agroecology (further studies in PP pastures—water scarcity)
Thank-you, PPPA!