1. NFREC Perennial Peanut Update (12/12/15)
Ann Blount (forage breeding)
Jose Dubeux (forage management)
Cheryl Mackowiak (soils)

2. 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.

3. Soil P Storage Capacity (SPSC)
Nair and Harris (2014)

4. SPSC of different soil amendments
Rew et al. (2007)

5. Phosphorus treatments:
Control (no addition)
DAP

6. Class AA biosolids (source 1)

7. Class B biosolids (Tallahassee)

8. Biochar (Class B biosolids)

9. Struvite (NH4MgPO4·6H2O)

10. 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

11. Balm: Research plots

12. Yield and Nitrogen (GCREC)

13. Yield and Nitrogen (NFREC)

14. What it means for pastures…

15. Balm: PP x bahiagrass (mixture)

16. Quincy: PP x bahiagrass (mixture), 2013

17. Field plots and greenhouse

18. How much nitrogen being fixed by the plant?

19. 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)

20. Thank-you, PPPA!