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Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
Keywords
Bananas, Irrigation, Water use, Field experimentation, Gascoyne region (W.A.), Western Australia
Disciplines
Horticulture | Sustainability | Water Resource Management
First Page Number
869
Last Page Number
871
ISSN
0021-8618
Abstract
THE banana industry at Carnarvon is an unusual one by most agricultural standards.
Normally a tropical plant liking relatively humid conditions in a high rainfall, the banana is cultivated at Carnarvon in an area of extremely low rainfall and with relatively low humidity throughout the year.
Water is pumped to irrigate the crop from the sands of the Gascoyne River bed or from bores adjacent to the river course.
Recommended Citation
Nunn, W M.
(1960)
"Water usage trials with bananas on the Gascoyne,"
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4: Vol. 1:
No.
10, Article 6.
Available at:
https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/journal_agriculture4/vol1/iss10/6