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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.

The life of the celery crop is considered in three phases — establishment, rapid growth and maturation — and each phase has specific fertiliser requirements.

Wednesday
02nd
Nov 2016
19 October 2016

Come along to the West Midlands Group's free workshop on Opportunities in Beef Backgrounding, supported by the Department of Agriculture and Food's Agriculture Sciences Research & Development...

Wednesday
02nd
Nov 2016
19 October 2016

Come along to a free seminar on Opportunities in Beef Backgrounding, presented by the West Midlands Group and supported by the Department of Agriculture and Food's Agricultural Sciences Research...

Hollow heart is an internal disorder where a 'lens' or 'star'-shaped cavity forms in the potato tuber.

Capsicums (Capsicum annuum) and chillies (Capsicum frutescens) are cultivated as annual vegetables while the edible parts are botanically fruit. They belong to the Solanaceae fami

Broad beans are a winter-growing leguminous vegetable grown for their large, immature seeds which are a good source of protein, carbohydrate, B group vitamins and fibre.

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

Matching water supply in the soil to crop demand using good irrigation practice is important to produce a high quality potato crop.

Phosphorus fertiliser application to potato crops should aim to maximise profits and also minimise the overuse of phosphorus to reduce environmental impacts and health risks.

Chinese water chestnuts are a potential small crop for specialised markets for growers in warm temperate regions.

Brooms, including scotch broom and needle leaved broom (Cytisus scoparius, Genista linifolia, Genista monspessulana) that have been designated as Weeds of National Signif

The life of the lettuce crop is considered in three phases — establishment, rapid growth and maturation — and each phase has specific fertiliser requirements.

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Over-application of fertiliser nutrients can cause growth and quality problems in vegetable crops.

In 2015, barley net-type net blotch came into prominence due to adoption of susceptible barley varieties such as Oxford.

Determining the relative yield loss (tolerance) of commonly grown and newly released oat varieties to crown rot pathogens Fusarium pseudograminearum and F. culmorum.

Developing a process to identify which clusters of patches of rhioctonia in a paddock are economic to treat.

The production of chicons or witlof ('white leaf') chicory is a major industry in many European countries but it is an expensive vegetable to grow as it is a two-stage crop, requiring 'forcing' for

When different fruits and vegetables are stored together, one foodstuff may be tainted by odours given off by another.

  

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