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Agronomic Practices To Improve Or Maintain The Protein Content Of High Yielding, Long Season Wheats., Wayne Smith

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Trial 90SG8, 90SG9, 90ES9, 90ES11, 90MT8, 90KO2

Wheat variety * Time of sowing

Location: Salmon Gums Research Station, Mt. Ridley, East Gibson, Mt Barker Research Station, Kojaneerup Research Station

The aim is to define the optimum heading/flowering date on the South Coast. This trial also provides information on the performance of the varieties and new cross-breds at various sowing times.

Trial 90E10, 90ES12, 90ES13, 90ES14, 90ES15, 90ES16, 90SG10, 90SG11, 90MT10, 90KO3, 90KO4

Wheat protein on the South Coast

Location: Esperance Downs Research Station, Gibson, Neridup, Mt Ridley, Salmon Gums Research Station, Mt Barker Research Station, Kojaneerup Research Station

The Australian …

"Flowering Windows" For Crops, W. K. Anderson

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Trials:

Wheat - 90BA 38-42, 90N 37-41,

Barley - 90BA 48-52, 90N 50-54, 90C 19-23, 90C 29-33, 90WH 46-49, 90EB 22-26, 90M 31-35. 90WH 56-59, 90E 41-45, 90MT 50-54, 90M 41-45, 90SG 49-53.

Oats - 90BA 43-47, 90N 45-49, 90C 24-28, 90EB 17-21, 90WH 51-54, 90E 36-40, 90MT 45-49, 90M 36-40, 90SG 44-48.

Lupins - 90BA 53-57, 90N 55-59, 90EB 8-12, 90WH 61-64, 90MT 55-59, 90M 46-50.

Location: Chapman Research Station, Badgingarra Research Station, Wongan Hills Research Station, Merredin Research Station, East Beverley Research Station, Newdegate Research Station, Mount Barker Research Station and Salmon Gums Research Station.

To determine the …

Pod Setting Of Lupins On The South Coast., M. Seymour

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Trial 90ES7

Lupin pod setting study.

To investigate the effect of time of sowing on the flowering and pod set of lupins, when grown in high rainfall/long growing season environments.

Long Term Minimum Tillage Investigations., R. J. Jarvis

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Trial 77M13

Location: Merredin

This site was in wheat in 1975 and 1976 before the treatments commenced on continuous wheat in 1977.

77M56

Location: Merredin

Sited alongside 77M13 with the same paddock history. Commenced the wheat/pasture rotation after wheat in 1975 and 1976.

Trial 86M79

Chemical and cultivated fallow in a pasture/wheat rotation on heavy land.

Location: Merredin.

At Merredin on salmon gum/gimlet soil. Pasture treatments and soil moisture measurements were conducted in 1990. Wheat 1991.

Trial 87NA80, 81, 82, 83

Direct drilling with modified combines compared with cultivation for pasture/wheat rotations with grass control treatments in the pasture year. …

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.

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.

Effect Of Pasture Species On Pasture Production And Following Cereal Yields On Heavy Textured Soils In Low Rainfall Areas. Regeneration Of Pasture Legume Cultivars On Low Rainfall Red Loam Soils., Bradley Nutt

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Trial 90GE17

Aphid tolerance evaluation in annual medics

Location: Tenindewa

Maturity and seed yields of annual medic lines with or with out aphid control using Pirmor.

Trial 90GE116

Evaluation of aphid tolerance in annual medics

Location: Tenindewa

Dry matter and seed yield of annual medic lines with and without aphid control using Pirmor.

Trial 90GE34

Effect of pasture species on pasture production and cereal yields on low rainfall red loams.

Location: North Mullewa Research Station, Morawa Agricultural School.

Regeneration of annual pasture cultivars on hardsetting red clay loams at North Mullewa and Morawa in 1989 and 1990.

Trial 88TS63

Effect …

Potassium Nutrition Of Lupins On The Sandplain Soils Of Western Australia., N. K. Edwards

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Aim: Develop recommendations for optimal potassium fertilizer application strategies for lupin production. Further develop soil and tissue test calibrations for lupin grain production.

Trial 89EC32

Potassium nutrition of lupins on sandplain soils.

Location: East Chapman Research Station.

Fertilizer: At sowing: 50 kg/ha DAP, 50 kg/ha Urea topdressed. 100 kg/ha Urea topdressed 10/7.

Trial 89GE90

Potassium nutrition of lupins on sandplain soils.

Location: Allanooka

Fertilizer: At sowing: 120 kg/ha Agras No. 1. 100 kg/ha Urea topdressed 10/7.

Trial 89MO51

Potassium nutrition of lupins on sandplain soils.

Location: Lancelin.

Fertilizer: At sowing: 110 kg/ha Agras No. 1. 60 kg/ha Urea topdressed 10/7. …

Evaluation Of The Genetic Resources Of T. Cherleri (Cupped Clover) And A Selected Number Of Lines Of T. Resupinatum On Shallow Acid, Granitic Soils Of The Western Austalian Wheatbelt., R. Snowball

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Trial 90ME68

To evaluate Cupped clover (T. cherleri) and Persian clover (T. resupinatum) on a shallow, granitic, infertile soil, which is reported to be suitable for the growth of Cupped clover, but too acid to support medics successfully and where subterranean clover struggles to persist.

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.

Busselton - Margaret River - Augusta Land Capability Study : Methodology And Results, Peter J. Tille, Neil Clifton Lantzke

Resource management technical reports

A land unit map of the region has been prepared at a scale of 1:50,000. Additional maps of climate, surface and groundwater supplies and existing land use have also been prepared at smaller scales. The capability of each of the land units to support grazing, market gardens, vineyards, orchards and forestry has been assessed. The limitations for housing on small rural lots have also been evaluated. Describes the methods by which the survey was undertakenand will be primary of use to the technical user.

An Introduction To The Soils Of The Geraldton Advisory District, T C. Stoneman, National Soil Conservation Program (Australia)

Bulletins 4000 -

With descriptions, illustrations and notes on eight common soils.

Soils Of The Ivanhoe Plain, East Kimberley, Western Australia, J M. Aldrick, M H R Van Cuylenburg, P W. Moody, B A. Wren, A J. Clarke

Technical Bulletins

The Ivanhoe Plain was divided into two geomorphic provinces. The principal difference between the provinces is the time during which pedogenesis occurred. The crcking clay soils of the northern province are generally more highly leached than their younger counterparts in the southern province. Sixteen land units are identified as distinct from soil units. These units give cognizance to vegetation and topographical features as well as soils.

An Introduction To The Soils Of The Three Springs Advisory District, T C. Stoneman, National Soil Conservation Program (Australia)

Bulletins 4000 -

With descriptions, illustrations and notes on seven common soils.

An Introduction To The Soils Of The Moora Advisory District, T C. Stoneman, National Soil Conservation Program (Australia)

Bulletins 4000 -

With descriptions, illustrations and notes on eight common soils.

What Are Land Conservation Districts?, Western Australian Department Of Agriculture

Natural resources published reports

Land conservation groups need your support. Land degradation is not just a farming problem. We change the land and waters in many ways, whether it be clearing of precious natural bush or through the fertilizers which leach from our gardens.

By learning about the Land Conservation Districts achievements and understanding the challenges they face we can better see our own place in the scheme of things.

We will learn the ways to organize for Landcare in other rural areas, or in the city, that will be successful.

This is what the Decade of Landcare is all about - providing an …

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 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.

North Mullewa Research Station "Daisy Downs" Field Day, Peter Nelson

All other publications

NMRS (165 ha) was leased from "Daisy Downs" (Manager Mr Ken Thompson) in 1985. NMRS was established in response to famer and local goverment demand for more research on the shallow, heavy soils in a low rainfall area. It is run along similar lines to the East Chapman Research Station (ECRS), with large rotation paddocks (42 ha) set up to study farming systems the remainder of the leased area being used for general experimental purposes.

Forage Shrubs And Grasses For Revegetating Saltland, H V. Runciman, C V. Malcolm

Bulletins 4000 -

Salt tolerant shrubs and grasses are used for forage production from salt-affected farmland. This Bulletin is designed to assist in recognition of the important species in Western Australia and to provide information on their use. The species listed have more forage value than some natural indicators and colonizers of saltland, such as Mediterranean barley grass (Hordeum geniculatum), ice plant (Mesembryanthemum spp.), mallee lovegrass (Eragrostisdielsii), salt spurry (Spergularia spp.), curly ryegrass (Parapholis incurva) and beard grass (Polypogon monspeliensis). Some of the plants are also useful for rehabilitating degraded rangeland and mine …

Soils Of The Kojaneerup Annex Of The Mount Barker Research Station, P A. Findlater, P G. Muller

Resource management technical reports

The aim of the study was to provide soils information for the development and the planning of field experiments at the Kojaneerup annex of the Mt Barker Research Station. The annex has been established to develop stable farming systems and lies approximately 15 km south of the eastern end of the Stirling Ranges in the south-west of Western Australia. Soils on the annex were identified and mapped using a combination of grid and free survey methods. The soil map boundaries are accurate to within 50 metres either side of the boundary.

Based on a number of CSIRO soil surveys in …

Herbicide Residues, T Piper

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Pea growth following Sulphonyl urea herbicide, 88SG28, 88SG29. Medic regeneration following Sulphonyl urea herbicide, 88SG30, 88SG31, 88LG68, 88LG69, 88LG70.

Weed Control In Lupins With Simazine Topping Up, D J. Gilbey, R Klemm, B Roberts

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Weed control in Lupins with simazine “topping up”, 89GE62, 89TS40, 89NO59. Doublegee control in Lupins with Brodal plus simazine, 89GE63, 89TS41, 89NO60. Post emergence doublegee control in lupins, 89NO92, 89MO65. Doublegee control in peas, pre-emergence, 89TS47, 89MO38, 89M38, 89NO63. Doublegee control in peas, post-emergence, 89TS48, 89MO39, 89ME87, 89NO64.

Rock Phosphates Are Poor Fertilizers For Non-Leaching Soils In South-Western Australia, Michael D A Bolland, Bob Gilkes

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

Field experiments conducted on our non leachng soils from 1975 to 1988 have consistently shown that rock phosphates, compared with freshly applied superphosphate each year, are a relatively ineffective fertilizer in the year of application and in the years after application.

Review Of The Wisalts Bank Installations, C J. Henschke

Resource management technical reports

No abstract provided.

Soil-Plant-Sheep Organochlorine Pesticide Research, Tony Albertsen

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

1. Soil O/C decay (5812)

Locations: Brookhampton, Carbunup, Dardanup, Denmark, Donnybrook, Goodwood, Jindong, Kirrup, Manjimup, Pemberton, Redmond.

To determine the rate of decay of soil Dieldrin.

2. Soil profile distribution of O/Cs (5812) (88AL21/1)

To determine the distribution of O/cs at 1 cm intervals down the soil profile.

3. Soil decontamination of O/Cs (5812)

To assess practical and economic techniques for decontaminating soil Dieldrin residues.

4. The accumulation and rundown of Dieldrin in wethers. (5841)

To determine the relationship between the levels of Dieldrin contamination in soil, pasture, sheep body and wool fat.

5. Surface drainage trial 86V1/5164

Efficient surface …

Medic Variety Evaluation., C. K. Revell

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Trial 89M57

Medic variety evaluation - rows.
Merredin Research Station (Paddock T5)

Trial 89ME71

Selection of early maturing M. murex.
Nokaning.

Trial 88ME86

Evaluation of Santiago in low rainfall areas.
Mukinbudin.

Trial 87M73

Medic variety evaluation - large plots.
Merredin Research Station.

Trial 86M65

M. polymorpha variety evaluation - large plots.
Merredin Research Station.

Trial 88ME84

Evaluation of burr medics on Morrel soils.
Nokaning.

Trial 88SC30

Selection of early maturing M. murex.
Merredin.

Small Farmland Experimental Catchments In Western Australia, K J. Bligh

Resource management technical reports

No abstract provided.

Water Erosion On Vegetable Growing Land In South Western Australia, D J. Mcfarlane, N D. Delroy, H V. Gratte, J P. Middlemas, A M E Van Vreeswyk, I Mckissock

Resource management technical reports

The most serious erosion was found to be occurring in the Donnybrook area due to a combination of erosive winter rainfall, steep slopes and erodible soils. The most serious erosion was found to occur when storm runoff entered the vegetable plots from above, providing a transporting medium for the cultivated soil. A predictive model of erosion showed that soil texture, furrow slope, plot length, rainfall erosivity and canopy cover were significant factors affecting soil loss.

Water Erosion Of Farmland In 1988, K J. Bligh

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

Widespread heavy rains in WesternAustralian agricultural areas in 1988 caused severe water erosion, much of which could have been avoided by minimum cultivation and lower stocking rates.