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Long Term Effects Of Direct Drilling And Conventional Cultivation On The Distribution Of Nutrients And Organic C In Soils Of South Western Australia, P F. White, R K. Belford, A D. Robson, N D. Delroy, R J. Jarvis

Division of Plant Research : Technical Report Series

This experiment was part of a long term tillage trial designed to examine the effect of various tillage systems on the yield of wheat on a range of agricultural soils in Western Australia. A subset of results from the main experiment is presented here.This report describes the distribution of extractable P, extractable K, total N, organic C, and pH at 6 depths in the soil from 6 locations; Wongan Hills, Merredin (H) (calcic, red-brown earth), Avondale, Merredin (L) (acid, yellow earth), Esperance and Mt Barker. Three tillage systems (conventional cultivation, direct drilled with a combine, direct drilled with a triple …

The Commercial Production Of Musk Melons, Neil Delroy, Harry Gratte

Bulletins 4000 -

This research publication covers commercial production of musk melons, Cucumis melo L., that belong to the cucurbit family. The must melon group includes rock melons (cantaloupes), honey dew melons, Japanese musk melons, hami melons and a number of other types of musk melon.

Evalution Of Grain Legumes For Wheatbelt Rotations In Western Australia 1986 -1987, G H. Walton

Division of Plant Research : Technical Report Series

Conclusions about the geographic and climatic limitations to the economic production of some pulse species in Western Australia cannot be too definite after only two years of gathering data. The yield results confirm the superior adaptation of field pea and narrow-leaf lupin over the faba bean, chickpea, narbonne bean and lentil. In 1987, a relationship was found within specific crop cultivars / accessions, between seed yield and the spring (September + October) rainfall. It is expected that soil type will influence the yield response through variations in moisture retention capacity, fertility and root penetration. Any relationship between yield and environmental …

Examination And Development Of An Essential Oil Industry In The Ord River Irrigation Area Of North Western Australia, Jean M.V. Bonnardeaux

Research Reports

The project aimed at establishing an essential oil industry in the Ord River Irrigation Area (ORIA). This industry is particularly suited to the ORIA where transport costs often prohibit the development of some agricultural products. The oils are concentrated and highly valuable. In addition, the ORIA with its abundant water and high temperatures presents a unique opportunity to grow a wide range of crops for the production of essential oils used by the food, medicinal and perfume industries. Australia has therefore an opportunity to initiate a new industry capable of replacing imports and gaining access to world markets representing a …

Interaction Of Rhizoctonia Root Rot On Wheat With Post Emergence Herbicides, W Macleod

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Interaction of Rhizoctonia root rot on wheat with post emergence herbicides, 88E30. Location, aim, treatment, method, results, table1. Take-all inoculum levels in a ryegrass sward after treatment with hoegrass. 88MD30. Location, aim, treatment, method, results, Interaction of Pleiochaeta root rot on lupins with Simazine®, 88ME64, 88WH335, 88ME64. Location, aim, treatment, method, results, tables 1 to 8.

Long-Term Rotation Trials., I Rowland, W Hawkins

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Paddock 5AE on Merredin research station, 66M29, 67C13, 67N4, 68E5, 68SG5, 73SG16, 88EB2.

Serradella Variety Evaluation., C. K. Revell

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Trial 89ME83, 89ME84, 88ME88 and 87M62

Serradella variety trial.
Korbelka, Mukinbudin, Woolocutty, South Carrabin annexe.

Trial 88ME89

Serradella/Grass mixtures for acidic sandplain soils.
North Bodallin.

Trial 87M92

Management of Serradella pastures.
South Carrabin annexe.

Trial 87M64

Establishing Serradella under a cereal crop.
South Carrabin annexe.

Rotational Experiments., C. K. Revell

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Trial 82M47

a. Subterranean clover.

Subterranean clover rotation trial
Merredin Research Station.

Trial 88ME83

b. Santiago burr medic

Rotational systems for burr medic
Merredin.

Trial 89N29

Rotational systems for burr medic.
Newdegate Research Station.

Replicated Single Row Evaluation., C. M. Saunders

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Trial 89AB12

Great Southern Agricultural Institute - Paddock B15

This trial was of similar design to the single row evaluation, except four replications and pesticide treatments were also included.
However the trial had to be abandoned due to severe phytotoxic responses seen in the medics due to repeated spraying of 'Lorsban' (used at recommended rates).
Intended to repeat this work in 1990, bulk seed where possible and to eventually assess these lines, under such conditions, in large plots.

Pasture Deterioration Trial, J. W. Bowden, R. J. Lunt

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Trial 89NA61

Location: Duranillin

In this site we would expect a very large response (40 to 50% ) to phosphorus.

History:

The site was chosen because of the patchy and poor pasture production. The poor areas tend to have more suckling clover than the good areas. The pasture was legume dominant.

Treatments were applied on April 16, 1989.

Commercial Fishing Licensing In Western Australia., Fisheries Department Of Western Australia.

Fisheries management papers

The purpose of this paper is to provide those in the fishing industry, as well as those planning to enter the industry, with a statement on the policies on boat licences, boat replacements and transfers, limited and restricted entry licences and licence splitting as they apply to the fisheries managed under the Western Australian Fisheries Act. The pearling industry, which is managed under another Act, is not included.

Diseases Caused By Nematodes., J M. Stanton

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Annual ryegrass toxicity roadside survey, 88PE99.

Location, aim, methods, sampled, results, comments.

Effect of benzimidazoles on ARGT, 88NA75

Location, aim, treatments, methods, results, table one.

Relationships between organisms involved in ARGT, 88KA103.

Location, aim, methods, results, comments, table two.

Sampling patterns for ARGT diagnosis, 88KA102.

Location, aim, methods, results, comments, table four.

Distribution of cereal cyst nematode, 88PE20.

Location, aim, methods, results, comments.

Hatching pattern of cereal cyst nematode, 88NO71, 88GE30.

Location, aim, methods, results, comments.

Sowing date and cereal cyst nematode, 88NO70.

Location, aim, treatments, methods, results, table three, figure one and two.

Long-Term Rotation Trials., I Rowland, W Hawkins

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

66M29, 67C13, 67N4, 68E5, 68SG5, 73SG16, 88EB2.

Ear Stem Ratios In The Breeding Populations. Characterization Of Early Vigour In Wheat Cultivars., K Hm Siddque, L Mclaughlin

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Positive correlation between harvest index and ear stem ratio at anthesis. Study and identify lines varying in ear stem ratio within material from WADA ‘ s wheat breeding programme and to study its implication for grain yield improvement.

Study the genetics and physiology determining ear stem ratio. Characterization of early vigour in wheat cultivars, 89WH54.

Brome Grass Population Dynamics In Relation To Control Systems, A H. Cheam, S I. Lee

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

To identify the level of control of brome grass under various rotation systems, 86C1.

Demographic Responses To The Chemical Control Of Doublegee, F D. Panetta, R P. Randall

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Control of Doublegee in medic pasture, 88WH47. Competitive effect and response of Emex australis in a grazed animal pasture.

Tolerance Of Cereal Varieties To Herbicides, David Bowran, Neil Thomson

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Tolerance of current cereal varieties to new herbicides, 89EC21, 89N27, 89SC15. Tolerance of new cereal varieties to current herbicides, 89EB19, 89EC20, 89N28, 89SC16. Tolerance of wheat varieties to Metribuzin and Pendimethalin, 89EC22, 89WH58. Tolerance of wheat to herbicide tank mixes for grass and broadleaf weed control in cereals, 89WH86. Grasp efficacy and tolerance, 89C22, 89GE93. Tolerance of field peas to herbicides, 89KA64, 89M56. Tolerance of pasture legume varieties to herbicides, 89KA76. Crop establishment using residual herbicides for weed control, 89NA66.

Herbicide Residues, T Piper

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Pea growth following Sulphonyl urea herbicide, 88SG28, 88SG29. Medic regeneration following Sulphonyl urea herbicide, 88SG30, 88SG31, 88LG68, 88LG69, 88LG70.

The Biology Of Skeleton Weed In Western Australia, J Dodd

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Effects of height of cutting on the rate of stem regrowth, 89ME116. Response of Gorteria to grazing, 88PE28. Biology of P. globifera in stubble paddocks, 89ME75, 89ME76. Comparative phenology of P. globifera suffruticosa, 89ME77. Establishment and spread of the leaf mining moth, Dialectica scalariella. 89PE8. Intensive monitoring of the leaf mining moth and Patersons curse at Muresk, 89NO65 - 89NO670.

Weed Control In Lupins With Simazine Topping Up, D J. Gilbey, R Klemm, B Roberts

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Weed control in Lupins with simazine “topping up”, 89GE62, 89TS40, 89NO59. Doublegee control in Lupins with Brodal plus simazine, 89GE63, 89TS41, 89NO60. Post emergence doublegee control in lupins, 89NO92, 89MO65. Doublegee control in peas, pre-emergence, 89TS47, 89MO38, 89M38, 89NO63. Doublegee control in peas, post-emergence, 89TS48, 89MO39, 89ME87, 89NO64.

Factors Affecting Lupin Crop Establishment In The Northern Agricultural Region Of Western Australia., K W. Mccarthy, A M. Doswell, R J. Delane, M W. Sweetingham

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Lupin establishment, 89EC6. The effect of machine, depth of sowing, seed soil contact and herbicide incorporation on lupin establishment, 89GE8. The effect of phosphate application on lupin establishment, 89GE99. The effect of seeding technique, depth of sowing, seed soil contact and fungicide on lupin establishment on course sands, 89GE9. Integrated control strategy of Rhizoctonia hypocotyl root rot of lupins, 89GE11, 89GE12, 89GE12B, 89GE13, 89GE14. Strategies for lupin patch control, 89EC7 and 89GE15. The effect of seed size and sowing rate on lupin establishment, 89C1, 89GE6, 89GE7, 89EC5, 89BA34, 89TS49, 89GE10, 89EC4, 89GE4,

Grain Legume Evaluation, G W. Walton, T R. Trent

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Pea variety evaluation, 89NM20, 89EB22, 89KA68, 89N334, 89EB24, 89SC27, 89A24, 89EB33, 89EB25. Grain legume species evaluation, 89NM21, 89MO41, 89N25, 89MC9, 89NM21, 89A22. Faba bean evaluation, 89MO42, 89A23, 89MC10, 89EB27, 89SG22 Grain legume agronomy

Canola Rapeseed, Rapeseed, Tillage., J D. Warren, R Tugwell, S Wiley

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Canola rapeseed. Assessment of early maturity Stage 2, lines. 89AB5, 89N38, 89EB31. Early maturity triazine resistance. 89AB6, 89N39, 89EB32. Stage 1 early maturity selections, 89AB8. Stage 2 Late maturity, 89MT43. Late maturity triazine resistance, 89MT44. Blackleg race trial, 89MT47. Interstate variety trials, 89MT45, 89ka70.

Lupin Agronomy For The South Coast, Mark Seymour

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Time of sowing x variety. Trials, 89E15, 89ES11, 89E42. Time of sowing x variety. Trials, 89E16, 89ES12. Seed rate x variety, trials 89ES8, 89ES9, 89ES10, 89JE2, 89JE3, 89AL7. Starter nitrogen, trials 89E20. Aphid control, trial 89E14. Deep placement of manganese and phosphorus, trials 89E43, 89E17.

Systems For Early Sowing Of Wheat In Low Rainfall Zones., N J. Kerr

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Background and early significance. Effect of sowing date and nitrogen fertilizer on wheat varieties in low rainfall areas, 89GE76, 89GE77, 89NM1, 89GE78, 89NM2, 89NM3, 89GE78. Tillage and sowing methods for early sowing of wheat in low rainfall areas, 89GE79. Aims, Background, Experimental details.

Pasture Agronomy., C. K. Revell

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Trial 89ME82

a. Medic establishment.

Establishing burr medic pastures with cereal cover.
Merredin

Trial 89SC19

b. Serradella - Potash response.

Response of serradella to potash fertilizer.
South Carrabin

Trial 89M44

c. Serradella/Grass competition

Effect of grass competition on production of serradella.
Merredin Research Station.

Trial 89SC HERB

d. Herbicide tolerance of Serradella.

Herbicide tolerance of Madeira serradella.
South Carrabin

Medic Variety Evaluation., C. K. Revell

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Trial 89M57

Medic variety evaluation - rows.
Merredin Research Station (Paddock T5)

Trial 89ME71

Selection of early maturing M. murex.
Nokaning.

Trial 88ME86

Evaluation of Santiago in low rainfall areas.
Mukinbudin.

Trial 87M73

Medic variety evaluation - large plots.
Merredin Research Station.

Trial 86M65

M. polymorpha variety evaluation - large plots.
Merredin Research Station.

Trial 88ME84

Evaluation of burr medics on Morrel soils.
Nokaning.

Trial 88SC30

Selection of early maturing M. murex.
Merredin.

Pasture Species Investigations., D. A. Nicholas

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Trial 87WH50, 87NA77, 87KA39

Location: Wongan Hills, Kulin, Nyabing

Selection of subclover cultivars - early maturing.

To select in the field subterranean clover cultivars of early maturity having superior persistence and productivity.

Pasture Species Investigations, D. A. Nicholas

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Trial 87MO48, 87A25, 89846B, 87E33, 87KA40

Selection of sub. clover cultivars - early mid.

To select in the field subterranean clover cultivars of early to midseason maturity having superior persistence and productivity.

Koojan.
Avondale Research Station Paddock 9D.
Esperance Downs Research Station Paddock CW1.
Ryan's Brook.

Selection And Evaluation Of Medic Lines With Resistance To Aphids And Improved Agronomic Characteristics., C. M. Saunders

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Trial 89KA11

Location: Great Southern Agricultural Institute - Farm Paddock B15

Main objectives of this trial was to evaluate the lines for their resistance to blue-green aphid, redlegged earthmite and lucerne flea. However since the site lacked a substantial infestation of blue-green aphid and lucerne flea, our efforts were concentrated on redlegged earthmite resistance.