Taipan*
Balansa Clover

• Mid-season, high performance balansa clover suited to a wide range of soil types with 450mm to 600 mm rainfall.
• Improved herbage and seed production characteristics that enable easier, more reliable and higher production.
• Continues tradition of balansa clover performance in difficult environments.
• Good tolerance of waterlogging and moderate tolerance of salinity gives outstanding performance in medium rainfall zones where other legumes fail.
• Has good growing season and mature forage quality and is ideal for high performance, meat production systems.
• Suited for both pasture and forage/hay production.
• Available in 2006.

Comparison rows of Paradana (left) and Taipan (right)

Derived from a polycross of selected, high performance plants of Paradana, Frontier and Bolta, Taipan is a balansa clover of Paradana-type maturity. It has superior herbage and seed production characteristics, and particularly when coupled with the latest PFT technical information relating to its management, will very significantly outperform Paradana in both wheat-sheep zone and permanent pastures. While it is a highly versatile variety, it is best suited where rainfall is between 450 and 600mm. It has good tolerance of waterlogging and moderately saline conditions, and can be grown on sandy loam to clay soils anywhere between pH of 5.5 and 8.5.

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