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Australian Genetic Resources Of Trifolium And Ornithopus Species, Richard Snowball, Kevin Foster, Bill Collins
Australian Genetic Resources Of Trifolium And Ornithopus Species, Richard Snowball, Kevin Foster, Bill Collins
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
The introduction of improved pasture legumes into the cereal growing areas of southern Australia changed the face of our agricultural systems.
Subterranean clover was the first pasture legume to have a major impact, and the first varieties were available commercially in the 1930s. Since then, many varieties have been released, leading to the most recent release of Denmark, Gou/bum and Leura in 1992.
The development of burr, barrel and murex medics also had an impact on the pasture production of less acid heavy soils. Yellow serradella is still being developed for the more acid sandy soils.
This development of improved …
Test Detects Resistant Green Peach Aphids In Lupins, Francoise Berlandier, Ian Dadour
Test Detects Resistant Green Peach Aphids In Lupins, Francoise Berlandier, Ian Dadour
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
Confirmation of insecticide resistance in green peach aphid in Western Australia's lupin crops means farmers will have to choose insecticides much more carefully to control this pest. Resistance within an aphid population varies, and when resistant aphids are no longer exposed to insecticides, they may revert back to being susceptible in as little as one generation. Furthermore, when these revertant populations are exposed to the same insecticides in the future, resistance quickly reoccurs. In this article, the authors discuss a test to determine the extent of insecticide resistance in green peach aphid and how to manage it.
On The Trail Of The Native Budworm, Kevin Walden
On The Trail Of The Native Budworm, Kevin Walden
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
Native budworm, the worst pest of lupins, is a bit of a uiill-o-the-unsp. Some years the native budworm moths go virtually unnoticed. In others, they appear in plague proportions without warning - in these years, the cost to growers in lost yield runs into millions of dollars.
If an early warning system can be developed to predict the extent of moth flights into lupin crops, and this seems possible, major crop losses could be averted.
The Department of Agriculture has started research to develop a system of predicting the size of spring flights of native budworm moth. We need to …