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Barley production - effect of weather damage on quality and varietal purity

5 December 2013

Weather damage in barley is a common problem worldwide including the south coast of Western Australia (WA) where it is associated with the late spring/early summer rains.

Gatton panic trial plot with lupin crop sown over the top.

Barley yield and biomass production when pasture cropped over subtropical perennial grasses 2013 trial report

17 February 2014

Biomass production was greater and distribution of green feed over time wider for the pasture-crop compared to crop only or permanent pasture systems.

Small plot harvester harvesting a wheat crop sown over perennial pasture, which can be seen as a green understory.

Crop sowing into an established perennial pasture stand 2013 trial report

18 February 2014

Establishing perennial pastures with precision guidance technology provides the opportunity to sow annual crops between perennial rows with tined seeders in future years.

Wheat in paddock

Wheat and barley varieties' response to nitrogen 2014 trial report

28 October 2014

Which cereal or variety is more profitable to grow on wheat or canola stubble? There were nine trials conducted across the wheatbelt in 2014 addressing this issue.

Martin Harries kneeling in a wheat crop

Focus paddocks 2014 trial report

18 September 2014

Management of weeds, disease and nitrogen nutrition are ongoing challenges that limit yield potential.

Tractor in paddock in Dandaragan

Is wheat or barley the best option for early sowing 2015 trial report

26 May 2015

Research was conducted into the yield and quality response of long season wheat and barley varieties to a range of sowing times between mid-April and mid-May at Esperance, Katanning and Dandaragan.

A close up of barley heads affected with loose smut

Controlling barley loose smut

18 November 2014

Loose smut control is necessary to preserve grain yield as affected plants do not produce grain.

Pile of golden wheat grain

Seed dressing and in-furrow fungicides for cereals in Western Australia

20 November 2013

Seed dressing and in-furrow fungicides contain active ingredients for the control or suppression of seed-borne diseases, some fungal foliar diseases and some fungal root rots in cereal crops.

Net type net blotch has thin brown streaks that often cross with a net like appearance

Managing net-form net blotch of barley in Western Australia

13 December 2012

Net-form net blotch is a fungal disease that can reduce yield and grain quality of barley crops. This page describes the symptoms briefly, with greater focus on how this disease is managed.

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