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Plant Sciences

1974

Plant breeding

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Wheat Breeding, J T. Reeves, N. Roy Jan 1974

Wheat Breeding, J T. Reeves, N. Roy

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

In a normal harvest about 90 per cent of Western Australia's wheat production is exported overseas, where it is used in a wide range of products including noodles, bread, "steamed" bread, chapattis and biscuits

Wheat breeders in W.A. therefore have the problem of developing new varieties suited to many end uses, not all of which have the same quality requirements.


Department Breeds New Oat Variety, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia Jan 1974

Department Breeds New Oat Variety, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia

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

XBVT 189, the new oat variety which will be released to selected growers for the 1975 planting, is the product of cross-breed ng, selection and testing work conducted by the plant breeding and crop testing groups of the Department of Agriculture's Wheat and Sheep Division.