Maverick is an ideal option for a crop rotation or longer-term pasture phase with a strong disease and pest profile.
Growing Conditions
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Soil Type
Suited to most soil types from sandy loams through to heavy clay soils
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Sowing Rate
Dryland hay or grazing:
4 - 8kg/ha
High rainfall/ Irrigation:
9 - 20 kg/ha
Irrigated hay production:
25 - 35kg/ha -
Rainfall
500mm+
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pH
(CaCl2) 5.0 - 7.5
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Inoculant
Group AL Rhizobium
Advantages
- Winter active, FD 7
- Multifoliate leaf expression
- High yielding / multi-purpose variety
- Strong pest and disease resistance profile
- Excellent persistence
- Good grazing tolerance
- Well suited to mixed farming enterprise
- Very leafy cultivar for animal production
Disease and Pest Resistance Traits
Highly Resistant
- Bacterial Wilt
- Anthracnose (Race 1)
- Phytophthora Root Rot
Resistant
- Fusarium Wilt
- Verticillium Wilt
- Aphanomyces (Race 1)
- Pea Aphid
- Stem Nematode