siratron.
/sɪˈratrəʊ/ A tropical legume of the variety so called, developed at the C.S.I.R.O. Pasture Research Station, Samford, near Brisbane, by E. M. Hutton in the early 1960s from Mexican strains of Macroptilium (Phaseolus) atropurpureum.
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1962 E. M. Hutton in Austral. Jrnl. Exper. Agric. II. 117/1 Two Mexican strains of P[haseolus] atropurpureus..were crossed, and this resulted in the development of a new bred strain which has been named Siratro.
1975 Nature 31 July 409/1 An isolate from nodules of Trema cannabina..is a strain able to nodulate siratro.
1978 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts 126 628/2 The Legume Siratro is probably the most outstanding example of pasture plant breeding... It is now the most widely grown pasture legume in southern and central Queensland.
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