M. Z. Z. Jahufer

TL;DR: In this review, conventional white clover breeding strategies relevant to the Australian dryland target population environments are considered and computer modelling of breeding programs is discussed as a useful integrative tool for the joint evaluation of conventional and molecular breeding strategies and optimisation of resource use in breeding programs.

TL;DR: The genotypic variation estimated for herbage production and plant attributes signifies the potential of the collection to be used as a source of variation for the genetic improvement of productivity and perenniality of white clover for Australian environments.

TL;DR: A world sourced collection of white clover germplasm has been developed at the White Clover Resource Centre at Glen Innes, New South Wales, Australia as discussed by the authors, which was characterised under field conditions as a preliminary study of the genotypic variation for morphological attributes; stolon density, stolon branching, number of nodes.

TL;DR: The germplasm collection was found to be deficient in genotypes with high stolon density, high number of branches, highNumber of rooted nodes and large leaves, which could produce breeding populations to be used in recurrent selection for the development of white clover cultivars for dryland summer moisture stress environments in Australia.

TL;DR: It was concluded that selection of accessions from the collection for use in genetic improvement of herbage yield and the morphological attributes for dryland summer rainfall environments of the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales, should not be confined to specific groups originating from low rainfall regions.