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Agronomy and Crop Sciences

Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

1979

Varieties

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Crop Varieties For 1979, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia Jan 1979

Crop Varieties For 1979, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

New crop varieties recommended for 1979 include two wheats, Tincurrin and Warimba, Moore oats and blackleg resistant Westro rapeseed.


Milling Wheat For Northern Areas, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia Jan 1979

Milling Wheat For Northern Areas, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

Miling - a new hard wheat variety for the north central medium and high rainfall areas including the Midlands region.


Another Variety For Northern Areas : Illyarrie Lupin, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia Jan 1979

Another Variety For Northern Areas : Illyarrie Lupin, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

The Department of Agriculture has released another new lupin variety for the northern agricultureal areas. It is a sweet narrow-leafed lupin named Illyarrie.


An Improved Rapeseed Variety : Wesway, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia Jan 1979

An Improved Rapeseed Variety : Wesway, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

Wesway, a new blackleg-resistant variety of rapeseed, has been released by the Department of Agriculture.

Seed of Wesway has been released to growerin the west Midlands, Great Southern and south coastal regions.


Breeding A Barley Resistant To Leaf Disease, T N. Khan, P. A. Portmann Jan 1979

Breeding A Barley Resistant To Leaf Disease, T N. Khan, P. A. Portmann

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

In the last few years the Department of Agriculture has begun a programme to produce brley varieties resistant to the leaf diseases, scald and net blotch. These diseases cause substantial losses that may not be apparent to an individual farmer.