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Phosphate Requirements Of Rice In The Ord River Valley, Rijn P J Van, A. L. Chapman
Phosphate Requirements Of Rice In The Ord River Valley, Rijn P J Van, A. L. Chapman
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
A three-year experiment on the initial and maintenance phosphate requirements of wet-season rice was carried out at Kimberley Research Station between 1960 and 1963.
Application of 2 cwt. per acre superphosphate as the first application on new land, followed by annual application of 1J cwt. per acre is recommended.
Dry Season Rice Varieties For The Ord River Valley, A L. Chapman, P. J. Van Rijn
Dry Season Rice Varieties For The Ord River Valley, A L. Chapman, P. J. Van Rijn
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
PREVIOUS experimental work at the Kimberley Research Station (Langfield 1961) showed that, in general, indica varieties of rice are best adapted for wet-season sowing and japonica varieties for dry-season sowing.
This article gives the results of three rice variety and time of planting experiments carried out at Kimberley Research Station in the I960, 1961, and 1962 dry seasons. The recommendation is to sow the variety Caloro during May.