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Kings Park Soil Survey, J A. Bessell-Browne
Kings Park Soil Survey, J A. Bessell-Browne
Resource management technical reports
No abstract provided.
Horticultural Capability Study Of Soils Adjacent To Plantations At Carnarvon, Western Australia, M R. Wells, J A. Bessell-Browne
Horticultural Capability Study Of Soils Adjacent To Plantations At Carnarvon, Western Australia, M R. Wells, J A. Bessell-Browne
Resource management technical reports
A detailed soil survey and horticultural capability assessment was undertaken over 1,804 ha of land adjacent to existing plantations on levees of the Gascoyne River near Carnarvon. The study provides mapped land resource data and advice in relation to land management and the possibility of further land release for horticulture. In the assessment of horticultural capability primary consideration has been given to the risk of erosion during flood events, to salinity, and to soil drainage conditions.
Catchment Drainage : Three Case Studies, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia. Division Of Resource Management, J E P Green
Catchment Drainage : Three Case Studies, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia. Division Of Resource Management, J E P Green
Resource management technical reports
Three areas were visited, namely the Coobidge creek catchment in Esperance, the Koolanooka-Bowgada Catchment near Morawa and the Petan Creek Catchment (Winchester catchment) near Carnamah. Each area was advised independently through separate reports and the three reports are collated herein for future reference.
The Impact Of Mining And Mining Exploration On Range Resources And Pastoral Pursuits In The Pilbara, Gascoyne, Murchison And Goldfields Regions Of Western Australia, H J. Pringle, G A. Carter, J L. James, R E Y O'Connor
The Impact Of Mining And Mining Exploration On Range Resources And Pastoral Pursuits In The Pilbara, Gascoyne, Murchison And Goldfields Regions Of Western Australia, H J. Pringle, G A. Carter, J L. James, R E Y O'Connor
Resource management technical reports
Mining activity occurs very widely over relatively small areas of the rangelands. However, it is an intense landuse which can create significant offsite effects. Mining activity is most common around metamorphic 'greenstone' belts and broad drainages. Pastoralists reported both benefits and adverse affects as a consequence of mining activity. The main grievances related to unnecessary and excessive disturbance of pastoral land and the failure of operators to inform the pastoralist of their intentions.
Toward Better Minimum Tillage For South-Coastal Sandplain Soils, W L. Crabtree
Toward Better Minimum Tillage For South-Coastal Sandplain Soils, W L. Crabtree
Resource management technical reports
Seventeen farmers compared their conventional cropping practices with some form of minimum tillage cropping. The minimum tilled crops yielded 21 percent less grain than the conventionally sown crops. The reasons for these decreased yields were in most cases related to inexperienced management. The minimum tilled treatments usually had very poor weed kill strategies which often resulted in large weeds at sowing, very cloddy seed-beds, and numerous insects in the young crops.
Using Pumps And Syphons To Control Salinity At A Saline Seep In The Wallatin Creek Catchment, Richard J. George Dr, P W C Frantom
Using Pumps And Syphons To Control Salinity At A Saline Seep In The Wallatin Creek Catchment, Richard J. George Dr, P W C Frantom
Resource management technical reports
No abstract provided.
Declared Plants - Biology, Ecology And Biocontrol., J. Dodd
Declared Plants - Biology, Ecology And Biocontrol., J. Dodd
Experimental Summaries - Plant Research
Trial 90PE26
Effect of the leaf-mining moth, Dialectica scalariella, on development and seed production of Paterson's Curse, Echium plantagineum.
Location: Jane Brook (Swan Valley)
The aim of the trial was to reveal the effect of the leaf-mining moth on the growth and reproductive output of Paterson's curse. The trial was conducted at Jane Brook (Swan Valley), a site heavily infested with the moth.
Trial 89PE8
Establishment and spread of the leaf-mining moth.
Location: Perth, Avon Valley, Northam, York, Chittering Shire.
The progress of winter 1989 releases of the leaf-mining moth was monitored by inspecting release sites in October 1989, when …
An Introduction To The Soils Of The Lake Grace Advisory District, T C. Stoneman, National Soil Conservation Program (Australia)
An Introduction To The Soils Of The Lake Grace Advisory District, T C. Stoneman, National Soil Conservation Program (Australia)
Bulletins 4000 -
With descriptions, illustrations and notes on eight common soils.
An Introduction To The Soils Of The Esperance Advisory District, T C. Stoneman, Tim D. Overheu, P G. Muller, National Soil Conservation Program (Australia)
An Introduction To The Soils Of The Esperance Advisory District, T C. Stoneman, Tim D. Overheu, P G. Muller, National Soil Conservation Program (Australia)
Bulletins 4000 -
With descriptions, illustrations and notes on seven common soils.
An Economic Model For Evaluating Strategies On The South Coast Of W.A. Which Reduce Wind Erosion : Documentation, A D. Bathgate
An Economic Model For Evaluating Strategies On The South Coast Of W.A. Which Reduce Wind Erosion : Documentation, A D. Bathgate
Resource management technical reports
The sandplain region on the south coast has predominately sandy soils which are subject to erosive winds when ground cover is likely to be scarce. This can often result in production losses of crop and pasture. There is concern that wind erosion will lead to the depletion of the soil resource in the long term. The model is multi-period linear programming with a planning horizon of 10 years. Effects of wind erosion on production can be imposed on the model for the first five years after the erosion event.
Mapping The Extent Of Waterlogged Crop Using Satellite Imagery, Jeremy Wallace, Buddy Wheaton
Mapping The Extent Of Waterlogged Crop Using Satellite Imagery, Jeremy Wallace, Buddy Wheaton
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
No abstract provided.
Economics Of Interceptor Drains : A Case Study, Andrew Bathgate, Ian Evans
Economics Of Interceptor Drains : A Case Study, Andrew Bathgate, Ian Evans
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
This case study determines the most likely rate of return to capital invested in constructing seepage interceptor drains to reduce the effect of waterlogging on crop and pasture yields. The analysis of a farm in the Denbarker region, west of Albany, determined what increases were needed in pasture growth to justify the cost of constructing drains across four adjacent paddocks. The benefits of changing rotations to include lupins were also determined, as growing lupins was unprofitable before the construction of drains.
Pea And Faba Bean Symbiosis With Rhizobium., J. Evans, C. Wallace, N. Dobrowolski
Pea And Faba Bean Symbiosis With Rhizobium., J. Evans, C. Wallace, N. Dobrowolski
Experimental Summaries - Plant Research
Trial 89WH55, 89KA57, 89M26, 90A12, 90A13, 90M59, 90M60
Location: Merredin, Konnongorring, Dalwallinu, Wongan Hills, Kojonup, Avondale Research Station.
To undertake relevant field studies to establish whether there are constraints to pea and bean symbiosis, arising from management, environment or genetics, and affecting crop N accumulation and productivity.
Trial 90BA60
Using Le-mat (omethoate) insecticide and legume inoculant on seed.
Location: Badgingarra Research Station,
To measure the effect of Lemat on the nodulation and growth of medics and luceme.
Evaluation Of Perennial And Long Season Annual Trifolium Species On A Summer Moist Site At Manjimup., R. Snowball
Evaluation Of Perennial And Long Season Annual Trifolium Species On A Summer Moist Site At Manjimup., R. Snowball
Experimental Summaries - Plant Research
Trial 90MC26
Compare existing lines of Strawberry clover with promising lines of long season annual clover species.
Wheat Responses To Levels, Sources And Times Of Application Of Nitrogen., J. W. Bowden, S. J. Burgess, R. J. Lunt, Ian Fillery
Wheat Responses To Levels, Sources And Times Of Application Of Nitrogen., J. W. Bowden, S. J. Burgess, R. J. Lunt, Ian Fillery
Experimental Summaries - Plant Research
Trial 90M055
Associated work: 90NO112, 105,104.111, 90MO53, 54,56
Location: Dandaragan
This project characterizes the dynamics of nitrogen supply to a wheat crop at each of the sites on which various methods of making fertilizer recommendation were tested. It supposedly provides the "optimum" nitrogen fertilizer regime as well as detailed information on nitrogen supply and demand so that results can be made transferable to other situations.
Trial 90MO56
Related trials: 90NO104, 105, 111, 112; 90MO53, 54,55
Tactical nitrogen application for wheat
Location: Danaragan
This project compares tactical and strategic methods for determining nitrogen requirements of wheat. The tactical methods depend on …
Deep Ripping, R. J. Jarvis
Deep Ripping, R. J. Jarvis
Experimental Summaries - Plant Research
Trial 88Ba11,12
Deep ripping at two depths in lupin/oat/wheat rotation on newish land.
Location: Badgingarra Research Station
Sited on the new block of Badgingarra Research Station, these trials aim at examining the response to new rippings each cereal year as well as the response over time to the residual effect of ripping. The rotation is the normal one applied on the Research Station.
Trial 89KO1
Location: Mount Barker Research Station.
Deep ripping for barley and lupins - Kojaneerup Block of MBRS.
Yields not significantly different by A.O.V., however lupin yield declined as the previous year's barley yield increased due to …
Evaluation And Development Of Pasture Species For Deep Sandy Soils In Low To Medium Rainfall Areas., B. J. Nutt
Evaluation And Development Of Pasture Species For Deep Sandy Soils In Low To Medium Rainfall Areas., B. J. Nutt
Experimental Summaries - Plant Research
Trial 90EC1
Effect of species and maturity on dry matter production and water use of annual medic on deep sandplain soil.
Location: East Chapman.
All medic cultivars were preferentially grazed compared to Paros serradella which did not allow a proper comparison between the two species in the grazed treatment. 2. Poor nodulation in Harbinger due to incompatability with the current Group A inoculant (R. meliloti strain WSM 540) resulted in poor-growth-and-low-seed-yield. - 3. Water use was directly related to maturity or time taken to flower ; total water extraction (mm) = 1.48 * days to flower - 41.1 R2 = …
Systems For Very Early Sowing Of Wheat In The Central Wheatbelt Of Western Autralian, A. S. Heinrich
Systems For Very Early Sowing Of Wheat In The Central Wheatbelt Of Western Autralian, A. S. Heinrich
Experimental Summaries - Plant Research
To develop the management system for very early sown wheat crops in the central wheat belt of Western Australia.
Trial 90EB34 and 90EB35
Location: East Beverley Annex.
90EB34 3 times of sowing at fortnightly intervals after the 9th April, with 8 varieties of wheat.
90EB35, 4 times of sowing at fortnightly intervals after the 23rd April with 9 varieties of wheat.
Trial 90No77 - 90NO80
Location: York
Each time of sowing has a separate trial number, 90NO77 TOS 1, 90NO78 TOS 2, 90NO79 TOS 3 and 90NO80 TOS 4.
Trial 90NO81
Location: Goomalling
TREATMENTS: - 3 times of sowing 25/4/90, …
Depth Of Placement And Rates Of Nitrogen For Lupins On The South Coast., M. Seymour
Depth Of Placement And Rates Of Nitrogen For Lupins On The South Coast., M. Seymour
Experimental Summaries - Plant Research
Trial 90E13
Starter nitrogen for lupins, rates x depth of placement.
To determine if the application of nitrogen at seeding will enable lupins to grow vigorously at the beginning of the season, and have better growth at flowering. Deep placement is used to reduce the effects of high nitrogen fertiliser on plant establishment.
Rates Of Phosphorus And Potassium For Lupins On The South Coast,, M. Seymour
Rates Of Phosphorus And Potassium For Lupins On The South Coast,, M. Seymour
Experimental Summaries - Plant Research
Trial 90ES23
Phosphorus and potassium response of lupins in high rainfall areas.
Location: Neridup
To evaluate the response of lupins to Phosphorus and Potassium response of lupins in high rainfall areas.
Economics Of Summer Weed Control., T. Piper
Economics Of Summer Weed Control., T. Piper
Experimental Summaries - Plant Research
Aims: To test various chemical options for summer weed control; measuring their efficacy, the amount of soil moisture conserved, and follow-up crop yield. A full season cost-benefit could then be produced. Summer rains were widespread in 1990, and summer weed sites were plentiful.
Trial 90A3
Location: Avondale.
This site had adequate moisture for most of the summer. Weeds were growing well when sprayed, and were readily controlled. (df. Wongan Hills). 2,4-D/diuron gave excellent control at the time of spraying but follow-up germinations marred the result.
Trial 90M6
Location: Merredin.
All treatments have failed at this site. Large doublegee and melons …
Cranola Rapseed Variety Assessment. Cranola Agronomy. Linseed. Tillage., J. D. Warren
Cranola Rapseed Variety Assessment. Cranola Agronomy. Linseed. Tillage., J. D. Warren
Experimental Summaries - Plant Research
Trial 90AB15. 90N68, 90EB39
Canola : assessment of early maturing Stage 2 lines.
Location: Katanning, Newdegate Research Station, East Beverley Annex
Production of Canola in medium rainfall zones offers the opportunity for a rapid expansion of the industry. However presently recommended varieties take too long to mature for the area's shorter growing season. The Stage 2 trials assess Canola lines selected on the basis of earliness from the remnants of Dr Roy's now defunct rapeseed breeding programme as well as selections from Eastern States breeding programmes. The trials arc conducted at three sites to account for environmental effects on cultivar …
Ecology And Control Of Brome Grass In Cropping Systems., Christine Zaicou
Ecology And Control Of Brome Grass In Cropping Systems., Christine Zaicou
Experimental Summaries - Plant Research
1. Assessment of the timing and increasing rates of ethiozin on brome grass control and wheat yield.
Trial 90EC16, 90GE115,
Control of brome grass in wheat using Ethiozin applied immediately before the following seeding and post-emergence.
Location: East Chapman Research Station, Allanooka
Incomplete factorial with three replications.
Unfortunately, further research and development of ethiozin has ceased world wide. It has suggested a result of limited activity on target weeds other than brome grass and economics.
2. Evaluation of pine kraft lignin with metribuzin and their incorporation, on wheat yield and brome grass control.
Trial 90EC18
Evaluating pine kraft lignin (PKL) …
Yield Potential Of Barley., J H. Moore, G R. Dean
Yield Potential Of Barley., J H. Moore, G R. Dean
Experimental Summaries - Plant Research
Barley yield potential demonstration, 89A130. Barley yield potential, 89A131. Logan herbicide mixtures, 89AL28. Logran herbicide mixtures for wheat and barley, 89AL29. Darnel control in cereals, 89AL38. Fumitory control in peas, 89AL37. Freezer pea herbicides, 89AL36. Post emergence weed control in processing peas, 89MC16. Post emergence weed control in processing peas, 89MC17. Diuron + 2, 4-DB effect on Zodiac Medic, 89AL41. Bladex, Diuron, 2, 4, DB and pursuit on doublegee in pasture. Diuron + 2, 4-DB for sheep thistle control in pasture. Bracken controlwith brush off, 89AL40.
Can Kangaroos Survive In The Wheatbelt?, Graham Arnold
Can Kangaroos Survive In The Wheatbelt?, Graham Arnold
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
One of the costs of agricultural development in Western Australia over the past 100 years has been the loss of most of the native vegetation and, consequently, massive reductions in the numbers of most of our native fauna. Thirteen mammal species are extinct and many bird and mammal species are extinct in some areas. These losses will increase as remnant native vegetation degrades under the impact of nutrients washed and blown from farmland, from the invasion by weeds and from grazing sheep.
Even kangaroos are affected. Unless the community manages remnant vegetation to minimise degradation and enhance the regeneration of …
Phosphorus Retention Of Sandy Horticultural Soils On The Swan Coastal Plain, Ian Mcpharlin, Neil Delroy, Bob Jeffery, Greg Dellar, Maurice Eales
Phosphorus Retention Of Sandy Horticultural Soils On The Swan Coastal Plain, Ian Mcpharlin, Neil Delroy, Bob Jeffery, Greg Dellar, Maurice Eales
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
Soils can be ranked according to their phosphorus retention capacity by the phosphorus retention index (PRI). This is the ratio of phosphorus adsorbed by soil to that remaining in solution under a set of standard conditions. Although it is a laboratory measurement, the PRI seems to be a good indication of what happens in practice.
Waterlogging : One Reason Why Our Crops And Pastures Are Not Achieving Maximum Yields, Department Of Agriculture And Food, Western Australia
Waterlogging : One Reason Why Our Crops And Pastures Are Not Achieving Maximum Yields, Department Of Agriculture And Food, Western Australia
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
Water, either its lack"or excess, is the main factor affecting the yield of crops and pastures in Western Australia.
Shallow Drains For Reducing Waterlogging And Salinity On Clay Flats, Don Mcfarlane, Tim Negus, Arjen Ryder
Shallow Drains For Reducing Waterlogging And Salinity On Clay Flats, Don Mcfarlane, Tim Negus, Arjen Ryder
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
Flooding, waterlogging and salinity are problems which commonly occur together on the broad valleys of the wheatbelt. Drainage lines often become poorly defined once they reach the valleys and flood waters spread out, causing inundation and waterlogging. This excess water needs to be controlled because it contributes to salinity
Salinity And Waterlogging On The Esperance Downs Research Station, D J. Mcfarlane, A T. Ryder
Salinity And Waterlogging On The Esperance Downs Research Station, D J. Mcfarlane, A T. Ryder
Resource management technical reports
Details the situation on the station so that the demonstration and research programs can be designed and the effect of the treatments assessed. Past work on the station has been briefly summarised and the results of geophysical surveys and additional drilling are given. Surveys of electromagnetic terrain conductivities have shown where salinity is most serious at present. The most deeply penetrating method may have identified areas likely to developing salinity in future.
Geraldton Rural-Residential Land Capability Study, R A. Dye, A M E Van Vreeswyk, Geoff Allan Moore
Geraldton Rural-Residential Land Capability Study, R A. Dye, A M E Van Vreeswyk, Geoff Allan Moore
Land resources series
With a growing population in the Geraldton area, there is a demand for rural and coastal subdivision to provide for rural residential development and intensification of agricultural activities. Future land use planning for land use change and management of land to overcome existing land degradation problems should be based on land capability. This study provides a semi-detailed (1:50,000) soil and landform inventory for the immediate zone around Geraldton, south from Coronation Beach to Cape Burney along the coast, 13.7 km inland in the north and 7.6 km inland in the south. Eight land systems were identified in the land resource …