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Technology transfer and the seed industry: a success story.

Rowarth, J. S.; Clifford, P. T. P.; Archie, W. J.; Guy, B. R.;

Proceedings Annual Conference - Agronomy Society of New Zealand Year: 1993 Vol: 23 Pages: 113-115 Ref: 5 ref.

1993

บทคัดย่อ

In 1989 a partially government funded technology transfer programme (Technology for Business Growth) began in New Zealand which enabled AgResearch staff to work directly with Challenge Seeds staff, Wrightson's field representatives and small seed growers of five 'Grasslands' cultivars for which Challenge Seeds is head licensee. The programme involved visits to individual growers approximately every six weeks to advise on crop management. Written reports after each crop visit, newsletters and field days were a feature of the programme. Production problems became the focus for research and results were taken to the growers as they were achieved. Average and top seed yields of all cultivars increased during the programme, and in the white clover crops major advances were made in reducing the number of crops rejected from certification. Areas highlighted for research included weed control in all crops, nitrogen and water use in chicory (Cichorium intybus L.) and browntop (Agrostis capillaris L.), and postharvest management in browntop. The success of the programme lay not merely in the fact that seed yields increased, but in the close working relationship that was created between growers, representatives from Challenge Seeds and AgResearch staff (who saw production problems first hand, and could then focus research accordingly).