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Results Of The Fourth International Winter Wheat Performance Nursery, J. E. Stroike, V. A. Johnson, J. W. Schmidt, P. J. Mattern, K. D. Wilhelmi

Historical Research Bulletins of the Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station

The Fourth International Winter Wheat Performance Nursery was grown in 1972 at 44 sites in 27 countries. Data were reported from 40 sites. The 30 cultivars grown in the nursery included 15 new entries. Twenty-nine cultivars were winter wheats; one was a spring wheat. Data are reported on grain yield, test weight, plant maturity, plant height, lodging, shattering, winter survival, 1000 kernel weight, frost damage, plant diseases, grain protein and lysine content. Two-year mean data summaries also are reported. Supplemental nursery management information is reported for each nursery site.

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.

Crop Recommendations (1975) And Variety Trials (1973-1974), Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia

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

Variety recommendations for 1975 were derived mainly from results of 259 trials conducted at 60 sites in 1973. The main programme included wheat, oat, barley and lupin trials sown at 43 sites in wheatbelt areas; biscuit wheat trials on 12 sites in southern medium and high rainfall areas, and special hard wheat trials on 12 heavy land sites in low rainfall areas.

Also included was a series of early-sowing trials with lupins, wheat and barley; linseed trials in southern coastal areas, and preliminary wheat, oat and barley variety trials on research stations.

Forage Production From Shrubs On Saline Land, C V. Malcolm

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

In the first volume of the Journal of the Department of Agriculture in the year 1900, the results of experiments at Tulare Experiment Station in California on the growing of Australian saltbushes are reported.

Seed was first sent from Australia by Baron von Mueller in June, 1881. Three species of saltbush (A. semibaccata, A. numularia and A. vesicaria) are all reported to have grown well.

Although C. A. Gardner in 1929 suggested the growing of saltbushes for forage, the earliest and clearest recommendations are those of Teakle and Burvill in 1945.

Early research tended to concentrate mainly on the possibility …

Turf Clippings Conference Proceedings, The Stockbridge School Turf Management Club

Turf Clippings

1. History of Golf (1)
2. The Nine Toughest Holes in the World (2)
3. "Stockie Madness" (3)
4. "Bartender, One More Round for Pythium" (3)
5. Panel: 1973 Turf Problems in Review - 1974 Possible Remedies (A1-A12)
6. Movement of Water to a Holding Pond (A13)
7. Maintenance of Low Budget, Short Season Golf Courses (A16)
8. Turfgrass Fertilization (A18)
9. Determining Turfgrass Fertilizer Needs (A25)
10. Shortage of Plant Food and How to Adjust to Supply and Cost (A29)
11. Panel: Tricalcium Arsenate - Use and Abuse (A33-A46)
12. Operating and Maintaining Municipal Golf Courses (A48)
13. Maintenance of a High Budget Golf Course (A51)
14. Trends in Agricultural Education and Where …

Spring 1974, J. L. Williams, M. A. Ross, T. T. Bauman, William Spence, D. S. Ralston, W. H. Daniel, Rollie Henkes

Turf Bulletin

1. Is it Really Herbicide Injury? (page 3)
2. Replenishing Our Drinking Water Supply: A Major Step Forward (5)
3. Nitrogen Supplies are Going to be Tight (9)
4. Effect of Porous Rootzone Materials Underlined with Plastic on the Growth of Creeping Betgrass (11)
5. Turf Conference Program (12)
6. Fertilizer: Have Rates Peaked? (21)
7. University of Massachusetts Turfgrass Research Fund (24)

Summer 1974, J. J. Clarke, Joseph Troll, W. R. Mullison, R. N. Carrow, Gerald Moscato

Turf Bulletin

1. The Fertilizer Fight (page 3)
2. Ammonia Production Must Receive Top Priority (4)
3. Back and Beyond (9)
4. Herbicides--Are They Safe? (10)
5. Maintenane of Poa Annua (17)
6. A Responsible Neighbor (19)
7. University of Massachusetts Turfgrass Research Fun (20)

Winter 1974, Gerald Moscato, James Bernard, Joseph Troll, Marvin D. Swart, Peter S. Loft

Turf Bulletin

1. DELEGATION--A Path to Satisfied Employees and Increased Productivity (page 3)
2. UMass Herbicide Evaluations (4)
3. Turf News (5)
4. Heating Elements (8)
5. Back and Beyond (10)
6. Turf Grass Contributions (20)

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.

Samphire For Waterlogged Salt Land, C V. Malcolm, G. J. Cooper

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

For non-waterlogged and mildly waterlogged salt land a number of salt-tolerant shrubs may be used for forage production.

Areas which are highly saline and regularly waterlogged are not suited to these shrubs. However, during trials with shrub species, samphires (Arthrocnemum spp.) were found to volunteer and grow well on these sites.

Research into the use of samphires has shown that it is possible to harvest seed and obtain a seed sample suitable for sowing through a drill. Established samphire stands provide useful grazing in many parts of the Western Australian wheatbelt.

Forty Years Of Weeds And Seeds, G R W Meadly

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

The Chief of the Department of Agriculture's Biological Services Division, Mr G. R. W. Meadly, retired on November 12, after more than 40 years with the Department.

Mr Meadly who has an international reputation for his work in weed control and seed certification, was Officer-in-Charge of the Department's Seed Certification and Weed Control Branch from 1950 to early 1972, when he was appointed Chief of the Biological Services Division.