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1998 New Zealand Mathematics Colloquium
July 6-9, 1998
Victoria University of Wellington
Wellington, New Zealand

Organizers
Peter Donelan, Chris Atkin, John Harper, Philip Rhodes-Robinson, Jim Neyland, Geoff Whittle, Steve White, Vladimir Pestov, Tom Crosby

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Is it over for the clover?-A model for the growth of clover based on meristems
by
Ken Louie
AgResearch
Coauthors: Harry Clark, Paul Newton

Clover is one of the most important forage crops in NZ agriculture (and indeed in most temperate climates where livestock are pasture fed.) This is due mainly to its ability to ``fix'' atmospheric nitrogen into the soil, making it available for other plants (e.g. ryegrass) which, although not as nutritively desirable, may have higher growth rates than the clover itself.

In this talk a dynamical systems model for the growth of white clover is presented. The model makes use of the growing ``units'' (meristems) of clover as its basis of population number, and this allows the effect of various realistic management strategies to be explored.

Date received: May 22, 1998

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