
%0 Journal Article
%A Cooksley, DG 
%A Butler, KL 
%A Prinsen, JH 
%A Paton, CJ 
%T Influence of soil type on <I>Heteropogon contortus-Bothriochloa bladhii</I> dominant native pasture in south-eastern Queensland
%J Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture
%D 1988/10/01
%V 28
%N 5
%P 587-591
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/EA9880587
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/EA9880587 
%X The effects of soil type on presentation dry matter yields and nutrient concentrations of a native pasture in south-eastern Queensland were investigated within a 160 ha area over 5 years. The soil types ranged from a shallow sand (Ug 2.12; Northcote 1971 classification) to deep self-mulching clays (Ug 5.15). Soil type had a major influence on above-ground yield (range 2700-8700 kg/ha), but a limited influence on root yield at 15 cm (range 3200-3800 kg/ha) and on nutrient concentrations of above-ground matter and of roots, (ranges for tops and roots: nitrogen 0.51-0.63 and 0.83-1.22%, phosphorus 0.09-0.14 and 0.08-0.10%, potassium 0.40-056 and 0.23-0.46%, and sulfur 0.05 and 0.05-0.06%). This suggests that soil type has only a limited effect on the liveweight gains per animal which can be attained on native pasture, but a major effect on sustainable stocking rate. 
