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Sheep Production Systems On Mediterranean Annual Pastures., Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia.

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Trial 84V2.

Location: Vasse Research Station

Aims: To define seasonal pasture production curves for three rainfall zones in Western Australia. To determine animal productivity under different production systems in response to seasonal pasture production. To provide Western Australian data useful for validation of sheep simulation models. To provide data for different production systems to increase the scope of the simulation models.

Harvested And Grazed Lupin Stubbles On Following Wheat South Carrabin., J W. Bowden

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Location: South Carrabin lease block

Harvested and grazed lupin stubbles on following wheat. Trial 86M8

This trial is difficult to analyze statistically because of the treatment changes induced by sheep breaking in to some of the plots. Further, lupin grain yields were not very high and so differences between harvested and unharvested treatments are not large. Also the grazing intensity was not very severe (except on the unintentionally grazed plots) and so the effect of grazing is also relatively small.

Trial 87M7

Nitrogen phosphorus and irrigation of wheat.

Location: South Carrabin.

This trial was designed to give a nitrogen/phosphorus response …

Nitrogenous Fertilizers For Cereals In Different Rotations Results From 1987 Trials, I Rowland, M G. Mason

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Lupin/Wheat Rotation *86T826, 86M44, 86WH36, 86T826.

Nitrogen Fertilizer Requirement in Alternate Crop-Pasture Rotation 78BA1 ,78WH2

Nitrogen Requirement for Wheat After Clover, Lupins and Cereal 86BA3

Pea/Wheat Rotation 86M39, *86ME64

Trial 68e5, I Rowland., W E. Hawkins

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Trial 68E5. Location paddock N1A on Esperance Downs Research Station (Gibson). Long term rotation trials.

Cleared in 1951 and sown to clover, cropped in 1961 and 1962 then Woogenellup sub clover and Brome grass were sown in 1963, topdressed until the start of the trial in 1968. Lupins were sown in trial in 1974. Esperance sub clover has been established on all plots.

Root And Foliar Diseases Of Cereals On Sandplain In The Geraldton Area 1987, Wilson Jill

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Rotation trial (common root rot), 87GE87.

Inoculation trials (common root rot), 87GE88.

Common root rot surveys.

Cereal management trial, 87GE97.

Control Of Cereal Crop Diseases By Manipulation Of Pasture Composition., W Macleod

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Rotation for wheat comparing pure clover ley with a pasture ley, 79E15.

Pasture renovation techniques and crop production in a 1:2 rotation, 81E35.

Pasture manipulation – effects on take all, 85E32.

Timing of spray topping and herbicides, 86MT64, 86E55.

Effect of herbicide application on take all inoculum, 87MD12.

The effects of pre and post sowing herbicides on wheat root diseases.

Herbicide disease interaction in recommended varieties, 87E29, 87MT51.

Rhizoctonia Bare Patch Of Cereals And Lupins, G C. Macnish, M W. Sweetingham

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

To determine the stimuli for the formation of rhizoctonia patches in cereals and lupins.

Developing A Soil Test For Wodgil Soils In The Eastern Wheatbelt., S Carr

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Trial 87ME77

Location: Eastern Wheatbelt.

One of the better sites in terms of productivity. This site was sown at two times, initially 4 reps were sown but as it was very dry the remaining 8 reps were sown after additional rain. This split seeding did not seem to adversely affect the trial

Trial 87ME78

Location: Eastern Wheatbelt.

A poor site, towards the middle of the range of the ten sites sown. The very high basal N and P fertilizer applied

Trial 65sg5, I Rowland., W Hawkins

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Trial 65SG5. Location - Paddock H5 on Salmon Gum Research Station

Cleared in 1962, then cropped until the start of the trial in 1968. Two of the four blocks were sown to Cyprus Barrel medic which is topdressed with superphosphate. The other two blocks regenerate volunteer pasture which is not topdressed. In 1984 all pasture plots were sown to SERENA medic. This grew exceptionally well in 1984 and set a lot of seed. In 1987 field peas were introduced into 4 reps of an existing medic: crop rotation.

Individual Trial Data., P J. Dolling

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Responses to species of lime.

87NA91

87A137

87KA77

Effects Of Rates Of Nitrogen On Copper Concentrations, Dry Matter Production And Grain Yield Of Wheat Grown On A Residual Copper Trial., R F. Brennan

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Trial 67E9

Location: Esperance Downs Research Station.

The trial was originally designed to measure the residual effectiveness of rates of copper fertilizer drilled in 1967.

Effect Of Seed-Dressed Molybdenum On Fungicides., M M. Riley

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

To examine if seed-dressed molybdenum affects the effectiveness of seed-dressed fungicides in controlling flag smut of wheat. 87No86

Trial 66m29, I Rowland., W Hawkins

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Trial 66M29. Location Merredin sandy clay loam. Response to nitrogen.

An old land site, cleared in 1909. First sown to Cyprus Harrel medic in 1955, grazed and topdressed. Cropped, 1962 and 1964. Medic resown in 1965.

Trace Element Nutrition. Tissue Testing Programme 1987, R. F. Brennan

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Project title: Evaluation of existing diagnostic procedures for the recommendation of trace element fertilizers.

Aim: To compare the accuracy and reliability of a range of tissue and soil tests being variously promoted for use to farmers for the diagnosis and prognosis of zinc and copper deficiencies in wheat crops on Western Australian farms.

Trial 87N23

Nitrogen rates on the main copper plots of the long term copper residual trial at Newdegate Research Station.

Location: Newdegate Research Station

To determine the effects of rates of nitrogen on the copper status of plants.

Trial 87LG33

Effects of rates of nitrogen on the …

Wheat And Barley Experiments On The Kumarl Soils At Salmon Gums, D A. Collins, Michael D A Bolland, R D. Fletcher

Technical Bulletins

The water-holding capacity of these soils, and their location in a low rainfall area combine to make them marginal for producing grain. In contrast to sowing wheat on ley pasture, mechanically fallowing the year before planting markedly improved grain yields by 1.3 to 4 times.

Evaluation Of Existing Diagnostic Procedures For The Recommendation Of Trace Element Fertilisers, R F. Brennan

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Trial 87N23

Location: Newdegate Research Station.

To compare the accuracy and reliability of a range of tissue and soil tests being variously promoted for use to farmers for the diagnosis and prognosis of zinc and copper deficiencies in wheat crops on Western Australian farms.

The Effects Of Rates Of Nitrogen On The Zinc Status And Of Wheat Plants Grown In Newland, R F. Brennan

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

To measure the effects of DAP and high nitrogen rates on the severity of zinc deficiency of wheat grown on this newland site.
87JE34

The Effects Of Rates Of Nitrogen On The Copper And Zinc Status Of Wheat Plants And Grain Production., R F. Brennan

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

To examine the possibility of rates of nitrogen inducing copper and zince deficiency in wheat.
86E44

The Effect Of Sodium Chloride On Boron Toxicity In Barley., M M. Riley

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

To examine the effects of salinity on the uptake of boron and the growth of barley.
87GL3a/4864

Assessment Of 2nd Generation Acid Tolerant Strains Of R. Meliloti, J G. Howieson, S Scarfe, R Forest

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

86M56, 86GE29, 87M83, 87M13, 87H12, 87M15, 86N32.

Nitrogenous Fertilizers For Cereals Results From 1987 Trials, M G. Mason

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Effect of stubble treatment on nitrogen fertilizer requirement. 78C3

Effect of Stubble Treatment on Nitrogen Fertilizer Requirement 78WH3

Effect of Stubble Treatment on Nitrogen Fertilizer Requirement 78M2

Nitrogen Rate on Continuous Wheat with Varying Levels of Retained Stubble *84WH46

Rates of Nitrogen on Continuous Wheat on Heavier Land 87C1

Rates of Nitrogen on Wheat on Heavy Land *87M04

Nitrification of Sources of Nitrogen on Slightly Acid to Neutral Soil 87BA3

Nitrification of Sources of Nitrogen on Medium Soil 87A1

Nitrification of Sources of Nitrogen on Very Acid Soils 87M3

Nitrification of Sources of Nitrogen on Moderately Acid Soil 87WH1

Rate …

N X P X Irrigation On Wheat - South Carabin, J W. Bowden

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Trial 87M7.

Nx P x irrigation on wheat

Although no major effects of fertilizer on average seed size were noted, it was found that phosphate level had an effect on the distribution of seed sizes.

Location: South Carrabin.

Trial 87WH51

1987 rainfall.

Location: Wongan Hills Research Station.

The Effects Of Rates Of Nitrogen On The Copper And Zinc Status Of Wheat Plants And Grain Production., R F. Brennan

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

To examine the possibility of rates of nitrogen inducing copper and zinc deficiency in wheat.
87JE22

To Effects Of Rates Of Phosphorus And Nitrogen On The Copper And Zinc Status Of Wheat Plants And Grain Production., R F. Brennan

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

To examine the possibility of rates of nitrogen and phosphorus inducing copper and zinc deficiency in wheat.
87E30

Effect Of Plant Density On Boron Toxicity In Barley, M M. Riley

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

To examine the effect of seeding density on the degree of boron toxicity in barley.
87SG7/4864, 87SG6

Trial 86c63 Rotation, Deep Ripping And Water Use And Trial 87ge97 Cereal Management Trials, J. Hamblin, R. Delane, Glenn Adam

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

To examine the value of a package approach to growing cereals in the northern agricultural region. Treatments included planting date , species (wheat v barley) and variety (differing in maturity), as well as deep ripping and fungicide spray.
87GE97

To examine the effect of different rotational histories, particularly residual water, on following crops. Barley, wheat, lupins, medic.
86C63

Field Peas In The Wheatbelt, R J. French

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

Plantings of lupins in the Western Australian wheatbelt increased rapidly in the late 1970s and early 980s as improved varieties became available and farmers realised the benefits to be gained from growing grain legumes. Grain legumes are useful not simply as alternative cash crops. They provide 'fixed' atmospheric nitrogewn to following cereal crops and act as a cleaning crop to break cereal disease cycles. They are also valuable sheep feed.

In 1975, throughout the wheatbelt, the Department of Agriculture began a comparison of several alternative legumes. The crops included field peas, faba beans, chickpeas, lentills and various vetches. Field peas …

Gypsum Use In The Wheatbelt, M R. Howell

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

One of the limitations to crop productivity in the wheatbelt is the poor structure of heavy textured soils. Many years of clearing and cultivation have caused the loss of soil organic matter and breakdown of soil aggregates - particles of sand, silt and clay - in the surface layers. This has led to the development of unstable soils with poor physical properties.

Although loss of soil structure is a serious problem, it can be reversed by altering the tillage practices that caused the problem. This improvement in soil structure and return to productivity can be a slow process. However gypsum …

Nitrogen And Phosphorus Rates On Wheat, J W. Bowden

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Trial 87MO69

Nitrogen and phosphorus rates on wheat.

Location: Cadoux

To characterize an N x P response surface on wheat and test out recommendation system, NP Decide.

Winter Waterlogging Effects On Crops And Pasture Production., D. J. Mcfarlane

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Trial 87NA76

Location: Dryandra, Rosendale Central, Tutanning, Yornaning South, Yornaning West

To quantify the physical extent and economic significance of winter waterlogging on crop and pasture production in the Upper Great Southern Region of Western Australia.