tasglobal seeds in conjunction with its research and development partners, the Tasmanian Department of Primary Industry and Water (DPIW) and the Tasmanian Institute of Agricultural Science (TIAR), is currently undertaking breeding and selection programmes to produce;

• A high yielding annual ryegrass
• A winter active tall fescue based on North African germplasm
• A hybrid cocksfoot (Dactylis glomerate x D. marina )
• A crimson clover
• A hybrid Phalaris (Phalaris aquatica x P. arundinacea )
• A hard-seeded French serradella (Ornithopus sativus )
• A re-selection within Black Mountain Secale (Secale montanum ) - this would be ideal for elevated areas throughout the Mediterranean
• A Festuca ovina (Sheep's fescue) - with drought tolerance adapted to a cool Mediterranean climate
• A grazing perennial Brassica
• A highly productive stoloniferous long lived Red Clover
• A cold tolerant Vicia villosa

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Gary Martin (TIAR) ‚ is it a bird, is it a plane, no it's Gary's super wonder plant!

Andrea Hurst (TIAR) conducting PLANT BREEDERíS RIGHTS protocol on new cultivars.

Bill and Emily Reid in Grandadís Vicia villosa experimental plot.