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Increasing Wheat Yields Through Breeding, B R. Whan, R. Gilmour
Increasing Wheat Yields Through Breeding, B R. Whan, R. Gilmour
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
With the current 'cost price' sueeze facing Australia's farmers, the development of new higher yielding varieties is moe important that ever. By growing higher yielding varieties, farmers can increase their returns at virtuakky no additional cost: for example a wheat variety that produces 5 per cent extra yield from 1 t/ha crop returns about an additional $8/ha. Farmers can therefore increase their production by growing improved varieties.