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Recommended Wheat Varieties, 1965 : State Wheat Advisory Committee Recommendations For Wheat Varieties For 1965 Plantings, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia
Recommended Wheat Varieties, 1965 : State Wheat Advisory Committee Recommendations For Wheat Varieties For 1965 Plantings, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
State Wheat Advisory Committee recommendations for wheat varieties for 1965 plantings.
THE wheat rust epidemic of 1963 has directed attention to resistance of varieties to this disease, new races of which have recently appeared in Western Australia.
However, last year was one of abnormal seasonal conditions, with late summer rains followed by a mild winter, and spring conditions which favoured rust.
Dry Season Rice Varieties For The Ord River Valley, A L. Chapman, P. J. Van Rijn
Dry Season Rice Varieties For The Ord River Valley, A L. Chapman, P. J. Van Rijn
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
PREVIOUS experimental work at the Kimberley Research Station (Langfield 1961) showed that, in general, indica varieties of rice are best adapted for wet-season sowing and japonica varieties for dry-season sowing.
This article gives the results of three rice variety and time of planting experiments carried out at Kimberley Research Station in the I960, 1961, and 1962 dry seasons. The recommendation is to sow the variety Caloro during May.
Recommended Oat Varieties, 1964, J L. Mcmullan
Recommended Oat Varieties, 1964, J L. Mcmullan
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
THE varieties Kent, Ballidu, Avon, Dale and Fulmark are recommended for sowing in 1964 by the Department of Agriculture and the Coarse Grains Advisory Committee.
Recommended Barley Varieties : 1964, J L. Mcmullan
Recommended Barley Varieties : 1964, J L. Mcmullan
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
THE varieties Prior and Beecher are recommended for 1964 by the Coarse Grains Advisory Committee and the Department of Agriculture.
Oat Variety Trials, 1962 And 1963, J L. Mcmullan
Oat Variety Trials, 1962 And 1963, J L. Mcmullan
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
OAT variety trials were located on a number of Research Stations and, in 1963, on three other properties in the higher rainfall areas.
These three trials contained only varieties of midseason maturity.
The location of the test centres is given in the tables, while brief details of the varieties and crossbreds under test in the period 1962-64, inclusive, are given in Table 1.