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Breeding Wheat Varieties For Acid Soils, I R. Barclay
Breeding Wheat Varieties For Acid Soils, I R. Barclay
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
Wheat varieties with improved tolerance of acid soils cold increase yeilds be perhaps 20 per cent or more over a substantialarea ofWestern Australia's eastern wheatbelt.
Aluminium toxicity is probably the main cause of poor root growth and therefore reduced yields on these soils.
Crop Variety Testing And Recommendations, H M. Fisher
Crop Variety Testing And Recommendations, H M. Fisher
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
From 1984 onwards, the Department of Agriculture's crop variety recommendations for Western Australia will be set out in a new format directly related to the 18 variety testing areas into which the South-West has been divided. These divisions should enable growers to more readily identify the recommendations which apply to their area. In addition, yield data on the varieties are provided for each area.
The recommendations are the culmination of a lenghty process of breeding, selection and testing of crop varieties. This article gives the background to the tests and how the results are used as the basis for the …