Breeding & varieties

Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development has formal links to national breeding programs for lupins, pulses and oats. The department also has significant research inputs in pre-breeding for wheat and barley, supporting the development of new varieties for Western Australia and national grain growers, with particular emphasis on frost, drought and salinity.

The National Apple Breeding Program based at DPIRD, has produced the Cripps Pink (known as Pink Lady) and Cripps Red (Sundowner) with research into more great varieties being undertaken.

DPIRD is working to select better strawberries for the WA industry.

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Articles

Grazing crops – a farm management tool

26 November 2013

Grazing crops can assist with increasing stock numbers and/or crop area on a farm.
Western Australian Vine Improvement Association (WAVIA)

28 January 2014

WAVIA is an industry-based organisation that works to facilitate the access, production and distribution of improved planting material to the viticulture industry of Western Australia.
Recommendations for successful apple pollination

6 November 2013

Pollination is one of the keys to profitable apple production. As a general rule, apple varieties are not self-fertile and will not set a full crop without a compatible polliniser.
Growing mangoes in cooler areas of Western Australia

3 December 2013

Mango fruit produced in the Perth area is seasonally the latest in Australia and receives high prices in WA and interstate.
What is the optimum plant density for your barley variety?

25 February 2016

Recent research from the Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia's barley agronomy team has busted the myth that increasing the seed rate of barley will significantly decrease the qua
Cross-pollinisers for Hass avocado

28 July 2014

While Hass avocados are commonly grown in the South-West of Western Australia without a cross-polliniser variety, much interest has focused around the potential benefits of using a suitable cross-p
Growing pumpkins in Western Australia

22 May 2014

Jarrahdale, Japanese and butternut pumpkins are grown in Kununurra, Carnarvon and the south-west of Western Australia to supply the local market and eastern Australia.
Growing fresh runner and dwarf beans in Western Australia

22 September 2014

Two types of fresh beans are grown in Western Australia — climbing or runner beans, and dwarf or French beans.
Barley: blue aleurone

7 January 2014

A blue colouring in the aleurone layer of barley grain (the layer immediately below the husk) may be present in some varieties.
Mid West potatoes: seed production, pest and disease management

7 November 2013

Expansion of potato production into the Mid West for winter production is a real possibility by using seed of the correct physiological age and quality.