Article Title

Pulses : profitable new crops for the wheatbelt

Authors

Kadambot Siddique
Stephen Loss
Ian Pritchard

Keywords

Grain legumes, Chickpeas, Faba beans, Lentils, Lupinus albus, Varieties, Production possibilities, Crop yield, Market prices, Western Australia, Wheatbelt region (W.A.)

First Page Number

112

Last Page Number

115

ISSN

0021-8618

Abstract

Narrow-leafed lupins have beeb produced on sandy acid soils throughout the wheatbelt for more than two decades. However, the wheatbelt contains large areas ofsoilsnot suited to narrow-leafed lupins. For several years reasearchers have been examining alternatives to narrow-leafed lupins for these soils.

Kadambot Siddique, Stephen Loss and Ian Prichard look at production of these new grain legumes, known as pulses.

Recommended Citation

Siddique, Kadambot; Loss, Stephen; and Pritchard, Ian (1995) "Pulses : profitable new crops for the wheatbelt," Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4: Vol. 36: No. 4, Article 3.
Available at: https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/journal_agriculture4/vol36/iss4/3