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Nitrogen fertilisers for rape (Brassica campestris and B napus) and wheat in Western Australia
M G. Mason
Absolute yield increases tended to be greater for wheat than rape at 63 per cent of the nitrogen responsive sites, but percentage yield increases and rate of N for maximum yield tended to be greater for rape than for wheat. When average response curves over ... Read more
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Bulletin 3992 - Nitrogenous fertilisers for cereal production
M. G. Mason
Because fertiliser prices continue to rise, it is becoming increasingly important to understand what affects the response to fertilisers by crops.
Among the many factors influencing crop response to nitrogen applications, the most important are the season, soil type, paddock history, time of application and ... Read more
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Cereal, pasture legume and water supply prospects at Forrestania : results of experimental work east of Hyden, Western Australia
T E. McDowell, M G. Mason, J W. Gartrell, William J. Toms, and I A F Laing
The agricultural potential of the Forrestania area appears at least equal to that of much of the settled eastern wheatbelt. The scrubplain soils of the Forrestania area have an average yield potential of at least 1 000 kg/ha wheat and carrying capacity of 1.8 to ... Read more
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A report on erosion and range condition in the West Kimberley area of Western Australia
A L. Payne, A Kubicki, D G. Wilcox, and L C. Short
Nearly 30 per cent (26 700 sq. kilometres) of the West Kimberley survey area is in bad range condition. Nearly 51 per cent (45 400 sq. kilometres) of the area is in fair range condition. Nearly 20 per cent (17 500 sq. kilometres) of the ... Read more
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Bulletin No 3573 - Wheat diseases in Western Australia
A. G. P. Brown and G. C. Mac Nish
Diseases caused by pathogenic organisms can seriously affect the yield of wheat. Some diseases are comparatively rare whereas others occur over a large area of the wheatbelt year after year.
it is important to be able to identify diseases correctly so that the appropriate control ... Read more
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Lupin wild types introduced into Western Australia to 1973
G B. Crosbie and John S. Gladstones
Collection site data, preliminary rating of field characteristics and disease reactions, and measurements of seed protein oil contents.
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Bulletin 3990 - The Narrow-leafed Lupin in Western Australia
J. S. Gladstones
Lupins are new as a commercial crop, but may be very old as a food plant. Types of the Mediterranean white lupin (Lupinus albus L.) have been part-developed and used as a subsistence crop for 3 000 years or more. Likewise the pearl lupin (L. ... Read more
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Bulletin No 4007 - Grasses in South Western Australia
J G. Paterson
IThe grasses comprise one of the world's largest families of flowering plants, with over 500 groups or genera containing well over 5000 individual types or species distributed throughout the world. About 125 groups have been recorded in Western Australia but it is probable that the ... Read more
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Bulletin No 4023 - Pasture plants of the Western Australian shrublands
D G. Wilcox and J G. Morrissey
The use of the shrubland pastures of Western Australia began in 1861 when Mr. W. Burges of the Bowes Station near Northampton sent a flock of sheep along the Greenough River to graze the country where Yuin station is today. Following his example, a number ... Read more
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Bulletin 4002 - Trickle irrigation for farms
K Cole
The continued demand for, and use of trickle irrigation is proof of the inherent potential and performance of this form of irrigation.
Originally it was used in glasshouses and nurseries but it is now widely adapted to orchards, vegetable and other horticultural small crops and ... Read more
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Bulletin No 3861 - Kimberley Research Station - Progress report 1972
J. R. McAlpine, R. H. Gunn, P. Jakobsen, R. Wetselaar, J. J. Basinski, N. J. Thomson, A. G. L. Wilson, D. H. Mackenzie, A. J. Millington, D. F. Beech, P. C. Owen, B. G. Williams, C. G. Blunt, and A. McR Holm
The systematic investigations of the potential of the Ord area for irrigated farming began during the Second World War when the possibilities of damming the river were first examined, initial soil survey was carried out, and agricultural experiments started. The Kimberley Research Station was established ... Read more
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Bulletin No 3768 - Submitting plants for disease identification
M D. Marcley
THERE are several important points to remember when submitting plant material for disease identification by the Department of Agriculture's Plant Pathology Branch.
Firstly it is very important to collect a suitable sample because it is very difficult to determine the cause of a plant disease ... Read more
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Bulletin No 3609 - Land development in the South Eastern Wheatbelt
G T. Halpin and P. Nelson
Interest in the development of light lands in the south-eastern wheatbelt was spurred by the many ex-servicemen seeking farms after the 1939-45 World War.
Previous attempts to develop this area had been frustrated by poor crop yields, and by the poor carrying capacity of those ... Read more
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Bulletin No 3547 - Kimberley Research Station - Progress report 1968
Western Australian Department of Agriculture
Rivers flowing to the Gulf of Carpentaria and the Timor Sea have been estimated by hydrologists to carry about three times the water transported annually over the Murray drainage system and the South Eastern slopes which, together, comprise the highly settled agricultural areas of South ... Read more
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