ABSTRACT
Diagnosis of a problem of establishment of Medicagos of Australian origen, in the non irrigated range of the VI Region, Chile

Elías Letelier A.1
 

With the aim to explain the failure on the establishment of several Australian varieties of Medica9o sp. in the coastal non irrigated range of the VI Region of Chile, in soils of light acidity and high pluviometry, a pot experiment was held. The results show that a very probable cause of the failure was the mcidence of soil pathogens. Soil desinfectation plus liming and complete fertilization produced high yields both in the Austral ian variety used in the pot experiment as well as in the Chilean ecotype.

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1 Estación Experimental La Platina (INIA), Casilla 439. Correo 3, Santiago, Chile.