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Organic wheat : a production guide
Steven McCoy
Many people believe that organic agriculture systems can only work in high rainfall regions. However, some of Australia’s most successful organic farmers are the experienced organic wheatbelt growers who produce cereal, pulse and oilseed crops in different regions and soil types across the country.
Wheat ... Read more
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Profitable canola production in the northern grainbelt of Western Australia 2001
Paul Carmody and Adrian Cox
Canola is a member of the Brassicaceae family that also includes mustard, turnip, wild radish, cauliflower, cabbage and broccoli.
It is a winter growing oilseed that can be produced in most arable areas of Australia where winter crops are currently grown. Originally known as rapeseed ... Read more
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Profitable canola production in the great southern and lakes district
Paul Carmody and Ashley Herbert
The Canola industry has rapidly grown with a 10 fold increase in area sown in Western Australia over the four years from 1996-99.
The driving force behind this increase in area can be attributed to the successful adoption of weed control technology in Triazine Tolerant ... Read more
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Scott coastal plain a strategy for a sustainable future
Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia
The Scott Coastal Plain has significant attributes that make it an area of State and regional significance for agricultural production. The climate, availability of good quality groundwater for irrigation, and large lot sizes provide opportunities for mechanised horticultural production which other parts of the State ... Read more
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Western Australia soil acidity research and development update 2001 : time to lime
Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia
This book for 2001 again summarises the work being carried out by staff of The Integrated Soil Acidity Research, Development and Extension projects in Western Australia. These projects are based at Agriculture Western Australia, The University of Western Australia and CSIRO.
Several articles in this ... Read more
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The Wheat book : principles and practice
W K. Anderson and J R. Garlinge
Contents : Environment / revised by J. Cramb, J. Courtney and P. Tille - The structure and development of the cereal plant / revised by T.L. Setter and G. Carlton - Germination, vegetative and reproductive growth / revised by T.L. Setter and G. Carlton - ... Read more
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Dealing with a dry season
Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia
Farmers' approaches to adverse seasonal conditions whether they be frost, flood or low rainfall should be to acquire as much information as possible on the immediate agronomic and financial situations and make a judgement on the longer term implications for the following seasons. Once the ... Read more
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Western Australia soil acidity research and development update 2000 : time to lime
Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia
We have come a long way over the past three or four years in terms of both, the level of understanding and recognition of Soil Acidity as a major land degradation issue for the wheatbelt of Western Australia, and, in our actions to treat the ... Read more
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Profitable canola production in the south coastal region 2000
David Eksteen
Why grow canola in the South Coast Region? Canola is a member of the Brassicaceae family, which also includes mustard, turnip, wild radish, cauliflower, cabbage and broccoli. It is a winter growing oilseed that can be produced in most arable areas of Australia where winter ... Read more
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Pulse and canola frost identification:the back pocket guide
Craig White
This field guide will help you identify the common symptoms of frost damage in pulse and canola crops. It also contains pictures of other plant symptoms often confused with frost damage in these crops.
Frost damage reduces crop yield and grain quality. Early identification of ... Read more
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Western Australia soil acidity research and development update 1999 : time to lime
Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia
We all know we have to apply lime as part of our farming systems. This means that a huge amount of lime will be applied to soils which have never had lime applied before.
One of the effects of this is that we can now ... Read more
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Cereal rust diseases and their management, 1999
Rob Dickie, Rob Loughman, and Jat Bhathal
• Wheat leaf rust (Puccinia recondita f.sp. tritici) is specific to wheat and triticale. A single pathotype (designated 104-1,2,3,(6),(7),11) has dominated in W.A. since 1990. Wheat leaf rust regularly survives the non-cropping summer in varying quantities, usually sufficient to occur at least to a limited ... Read more
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Western Australia soil acidity research and development update 1998 : time to lime
Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia
Recent yield responses by canola where lime has been applied to acidic soils are very encouraging. Two sites have shown that the yield increase in canola after lime was applied in the previous year would have easily paid for the total cost of purchase, transport ... Read more
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The chickpea book : a technical guide to chickpea production
Stephen Loss, Neil Brandon, and K H M. Siddique
The area of chickpea production in Australia has expanded rapidly in recent years especially in south-western Australia. This has been partly brought about by the keen interest of farmers and a concerted research effort and industry development by Agriculture Western Australia, The Centre for Legumes ... Read more
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Western Australia soil acidity research and development update 1997 : time to lime
Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia
There is a lot of lime being spread in Western Australia – or is there?
In fact, the Australian Bureau of Statistics agricultural census paints a picture showing that we are still far short of the amount of lime that should be getting on to ... Read more
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The Barley book
Kevin Young, Grains Research and Development Corporation, and Grain Pool of Western Australia
The Grain Pool of Western Australia isproud to join the Grains Research and Development Corporation as co-sponsor of the first comprehensive book on barley production and management published in Australia.The book will be an invaluable aid tobarley growers, giving them the latest facts on barley ... Read more
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Managing for stubble retention
Linda Leonard
One of the objectives of sustainable farming systems is to retain as much cover on the soil as possible – this helps to maintain soil structure and protects the soil from erosion.
Improving productivity, maintaining soil structure, and stabilising fragile soils are some of the ... Read more
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Analysis of black point in wheat
J M. Wilson
Fungal staining (black point) of wheat can reduce the quality of grain. The most serious problem is a discolouration of products. Discolouration is a consequence of infection by microorganisms. The most likely cause in Western Australia is a species of the common fungus Alternaria. Infection ... Read more
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Residual value of rock phosphate fertilizers
J W. Bowden and Michael D A Bolland
The residual value of Christmas Island C-grade ore, 500 degrees C heated (calcined) C-grade ore (Calciphos), and superphosphate was measured in three experiments. Plant yield, and bicarbonate-soluble phosphorus extracted from the top 10 cm of soil were used to indicate the effectiveness of the four ... Read more
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Wheat and barley experiments on the Kumarl soils at Salmon Gums
D A. Collins, Michael D A Bolland, and R D. Fletcher
The water-holding capacity of these soils, and their location in a low rainfall area combine to make them marginal for producing grain. In contrast to sowing wheat on ley pasture, mechanically fallowing the year before planting markedly improved grain yields by 1.3 to 4 times.
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Continuous cereal cropping with alternative tillage systems in Western Australia
R J. Jarvis, N D. Delroy, and A P. Hamblin
In 1977, a ten year series of continuous cropping trials was commenced to compare the effect of four farm tillage systems. This bulletin reports the grain yield results for the first six years of these trials.
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Time of harvesting barley and wheat near Esperance, Western Australia
Michael D A Bolland and J D. Richardson
Harvesting barley and wheat crops grown adjacent to the south is regularly delayed for up to two months after maturity. The result of delaying harvesting of mature barley and wheat was measured in three consecutive years. Decreases in harvested grain yield ranging from 0.5 percent ... Read more
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Virus, viroid, mycoplasma and rickettsial diseases of plants in Western Australia
L K. Price and George McLean
Provides details of the virus, viroid, mycoplasma and rickettsial diseases recorded on plants in Western Australia. To establish these records, a range of tests have been used including sap transmission; leaf dip electron microscopy; aphid transmission and serology. The authenticity for each record is noted ... Read more
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Effects of wind erosion on crop yields on Geraldton sandplain soils
P B. Birch
Physical properties were generally similar for all sites except that soils at previously wind eroded sites had a slightly higher proportion of coarse sand and a lower proportion of find sand, silt and clay. Previously eroded sites appeared to have higher subsoil moisture at the ... Read more
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Response to nitrogen fertilisers of wheat, oats, and barley in Western Australia
M G. Mason and R N. Glencross
Trials were mainly sited in areas normally receiving more than 450 mm average annual rainfall. Response curves were fitted to each set of data and then averaged to give overall response curves for each crop. There was little difference between the crops in absolute or ... Read more
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