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Plant Breeding and Genetics

Journal

1989

Wheat

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Early Sowing Of Ceral Crops In Low Rainfall Areas, R J. Delane, John Hamblin Jan 1989

Early Sowing Of Ceral Crops In Low Rainfall Areas, R J. Delane, John Hamblin

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

One of the objectives of the Department of Agriculture's crop research in the low rainfall, northern wheatbelt is to develop crop varieties and management practices that will make best use of stored water on both sandplain and fine textured soils. Sowing a crop early will improve its water use efficiency and yiel in low rainfall areas.