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Production Of Premium Waxflowers, Kevin Seaton, Nikki Poulish

Bulletins 4000 -

The cut flower trade is a highly competitive global market. Waxflowers are grown around the world—often in countries with lower cost structures or closer proximity to our main markets. Western Australian producers can only compete if their product stands out from the crowd in terms of quality, presentation and uniqueness, however, it still has to represent good value for money.

Feed On Offer Photo Gallery : For Annual Pastures During The Green Period, Mandy (Catherine Amanda) Curnow, Lifetimewool (Australia)

Books & book chapters

Food on Offer, or FOO, is the amount of pasture available for sheep to eat. It is measured as dry matter per hectare, and then used to budget feed available and stocking rates for a given period.

FOO includes all green material above the ground and it is reported in kilograms of dry matter per hectare (kg DM/ha).

Organic Horticulture: Strategic Opportunities In Western Australia, Steven Mccoy

Bulletins 4000 -

This report considers the potential to develop organic horticulture in WA. The study examines key factors limiting industry scale and scope and identifies preferred soil types, regional locations, prospective crops and potential scale where organic production may offer comparative economic advantage.

Guidelines For Management Of Farmland Adjacent To The Busselton Wetlands, William Oldfield, Department Of Conservation And Land Management, Department Of Planning And Infrastructure

Bulletins 4000 -

The Busselton Wetlands are a chain of wetlands that lie parallel with the coastline of Geographe Bay, Western Australia and in close proximity to the town of Busselton. The main issues for the maintenance of quality of the wetlands are nutrient levels and habitat value. This guide outlines many of the current best practices related to farming around wetlands.

Native Vegetation Handbook For The Shire Of Lake Grace, Bec Ryan

Bulletins 4000 -

This handbook provides land managers with information relating to the natural resources of the Shire of Lake Grace, including the landscape, geology, soils, drainage systems, native flora and fauna. Information about native flora and vegetation has been drawn from a variety of sources, including surveys that estimated the distribution of plan communities prior to clearing, recent surveys of privately owned remnants, herbarium collections, surveys of nature reserves and roadside surveys. Some of the problems relating to the management of these resources within the shire and ideas and community initiatives to solve these problems are also discussed. It is hoped that …

Native Vegetation Handbook For The Shire Of Kondinin, Bec Ryan

Bulletins 4000 -

This booklet provides land managers with information relating to the natural resources of the Shire of Kondinin, including the landscape, geology, soils, drainage systems, native flora and fauna. Information about native flora and vegetation has been drawn from a variety of sources, including surveys that estimated the distribution of plant communities prior to clearing, recent surveys of privately owned remnants, herbarium collections, surveys of nature reserves and roadside surveys. Some of the problems relating to the management of these resources within the shire and ideas or community initiatives to solve these problems are also discussed. It is hoped that this …

Native Vegetation Handbook For The Shire Of Kulin, Bec Ryan

Bulletins 4000 -

This handbook provides land managers with information relating to the natural resources of the Shire of Kulin, including the landscape, geology, soils, drainage systems, native flora and fauna. Information about native flora and vegetation has been drawn from a variety of sources, including surveys that estimated the distribution of plant communities prior to clearing, recent surveys of privately owned remnants, herbarium collections, surveys of nature reserves and roadside surveys. Some of the problems relating to the management of these resources within the Shire and ideas and community initiatives to solve these problems are also discussed. It is hoped that this …

The Chickpea Book : A Technical Guide To Chickpea Production, Stephen Loss, Neil Brandon, K H M. Siddique

Bulletins 4000 -

The area of chickpea production in Australia has expanded rapidly in recent years especially in south-western Australia. This has been partly brought about by the keen interest of farmers and a concerted research effort and industry development by Agriculture Western Australia, The Centre for Legumes in Mediterranean Agriculture (CLIMA) and other institutions, in partnership with the Grains Research and Development Corporation and other industry funding bodies. Private consultants, grain traders and other industry groups have also contributed to the expansion of the industry.

Much of the local knowledge generated by these research and development projects has been published in various …

Legume Logic Number 92

Legume Logic

Contents

Stubble trouble?

Field Peas

Reminders

Lupin conference

Weed control in chickpea crops

Legume Logic Number 91

Legume Logic

Contents

Mice damage

CMV alert

Anthracnose prevention

Wodjil lupins

Chickpeas

Legume Logic Number 90

Legume Logic

Contents

A wider perspective

Seed or feed in the silo?

Pulse receivals (CBH 30/1/98)

Order inoculants now

Pulse market outlook

Albus proposals

Anthracnose seed test

Lupinus logicus vale

Grain pool outlook meetings

Lupin Logic Number 89

Lupin Logic

Contents

Unfilled lupin seeds

Aerial baiting stops mice - Damien Collopy, District Leader , Geraldton

Lupin receivals -as of 15 December 1997

Mason lupin John Gladstones, Consultant

Lupin Logic Number 88

Lupin Logic

Contents

Mason

Market outlook

Used clean seed to beat anthracnose

Wonga

Seed testing

Lupin Logic Number 87

Lupin Logic

Contents

Anthracnose update

Lupini bean

Lupin Logic proposals

Lupin Logic Number 86

Lupin Logic

Contents

Aphid threat to lupin crops - Francoise Berlandier

Wild angustifolius

Anthracnose day

Trend in lupin yield - 1981 to 1994

Lupin Logic Number 85

Lupin Logic

Contents

Results of survey

International Grain Marketing Conference

Anthracnose day - 22 September

Lupin yields and area

Cereal yields and varieties

New varieties

- Belara (WALUP0509)

- Tallerack (WALUP2039)

- Wodjil (Teo 105)

Lupin Logic Number 84

Lupin Logic

Contents

Future of Lupin Logic

Crop statistics

Mice and lupins

Albus decisions

75th Conference

Mapping wild populations of narrow-leafed lupins / John Hamblin, Director, CLIMA

New varieties

- L. angustifolius

- L. luteus

Silo stickers

Lupin Logic Number 83

Lupin Logic

Contents

Post-emergence weed control options

What determines lupin prices? Mark Tueck, Market Development Manager, The Grain Pool of WA

Lookout for anthracnose

Freight subsidy

Lupin Logic Number 82

Lupin Logic

Contents

Lupins in Poland Professor Wociech Swiecicki and Dr Wiktor Swiecicki

Control of aphids and CMV with insecticides Debbie Thackary and Roger Jones

Anthracnose quarantine ends Peter Stubbs, Anthracnose Project Manager

Lupin Logic Number 81

Lupin Logic

Contents

Furrow seeding advances - Grant Morrow, Novartis and Paul Blackwell, Agriculture Western Australia

Anthracnose telecast

- Highlights of the program

AGWEST lupinseeds quality results

- Germination

- Seed size

Reminders

Lupin Logic Number 80

Lupin Logic

Contents

Anthracnose update

- Varietal screening

- Infection cycle

- Disease modelling

- Plans for 1997

1. Clean seed

2. Fungicide treatment

3. Paddock selection

4. Varieties

5. Reservoirs of infection

6. Suveillance and hygiene

Anthracnose levy

Market outlook

Lupin equties 1996/97

Lupin Logic Number 79

Lupin Logic

Contents

1996 in retrospect

Grain outlook meetings 1997

1997 outlook

Other actions

Real seed costs

Statistics

CMV Esperance

Lupin variety recommendations 1997

Reminders

Lupin Logic Number 78

Lupin Logic

Contents

Lupins in South Africa - Jan van der Mey, ARC-Graincrops Institute Potchefstoom

- Winter rainfall areas

- Summer rainfall areas

Gene mapping - Sarah Brien, State Agricultural Biotechnolgy Centre

Beat anthracnose, use clean seed

Lupin recievals (tonnes as at midnight 29 December)

1996/97 lupin equities

Lupin Logic Number 77

Lupin Logic

Contents

Understanding Plant Breeders Rights Peter Portmann, Principal Plant Breeder

Lupin prices

Immature seeds

Kalya lupins

Seed freight subsidy

Lupin Logic Number 75

Lupin Logic

Contents

Anthracnose arrives - Mark Sweetingham, Senior Pant Pathologist, Agriculture Western Australia

- Seed source

- Past experiences

- Anthracnose strains

- Disease symptoms

- Quarantine

- Action required

Release of 460 Kalya

Seed testing

Pool payments

Budworm

Lupin Logic Number 74

Lupin Logic

Contents

Change and no change

Lupin harvesting

Lupins in the United Kingdom George Milford and Ian Shield, Rothamsted

Weed control in lupins

Cladosporium

Aphid control

Lupins as food

Lupin Logic Number 73

Lupin Logic

Contents

Lupins in Chile Erik von Baer

- 1995-96 season

- Outlook for 1996/97

- The future

CMV resitance in yellow lupins

Aphid outlook

Lupin market

Pulse conference

Lupin Logic Number 72

Lupin Logic

Contents

Post-emergence broadleaf weed control in lupins Terry Piper

- Grass weeds

Lupin production in Germany Peter Roemer, Suedwestdeutsche Saatzucht

Forecasting aphid outbreaks and virus epidemics Dr Debbie Thackeray

Vital reading

Lupin Logic Number 71

Lupin Logic

Contents

Lupin seeding demonstration

Cucumber mosaic virus

Market opportunities in Indonesia Tony Fairbrother

8th International Lupin Conference

Lupin Logic Number 70

Lupin Logic

Contents

Lupins in aquaculture - David Petterson and Greg Jenkins

Tractor thoughts

GPWA market options

Pre-harvest advance

Liming and lupins

8th Inernational Lupin Conference

CMV seed testing