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Planting new mango plantation in Dandaragan

Spacing, soil preparation and planting mangoes

3 December 2013

Establishing a healthy and productive orchard requires planning and preparation. You must first select a mango variety and then its propagation method.

Range of different colour and shape seeds

Seed testing

20 November 2013

DDLS Seed Testing and Certification offers a wide range of tests to assess the quality of your seed.

Canola

Canola response to plant density at Salmon Gums 2013 trial report

28 October 2014

This trial looked at plant density in low rainfall canola.

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Retained canola seed options at Grass Patch 2013 trial report

12 December 2014

This trial investigated options for improving production from retained, hybrid and open pollinated canola seed; grading harder, buying new seed, increasing the seed rate, mixing retained and new se

different density canola plots at vegetative stage

Canola plant density trials list

4 March 2015

The Tactical break crop agronomy project has many canola agronomy trials each year.

Low plant density in Salmon gums trial

Is it worth re-seeding canola? 2014 trial report

9 March 2015

In a 2014 trial, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) concluded that it was not worth re-seeding canola.

Grass patch retained seed trial (15ES19)

Can agronomy overcome yield penalty of retained (F2) hybrid TT canola in the low rainfall zone? Grass Patch 2015 trial report

15 January 2016

In the trial series at Grass Patch, Ballidu, Merredin and Holt Rock, the highest grain yields, oil and gross margins were from the open pollinated variety, so growers should continue to use open po

Salmon gums plant density trial, 2014

Plant density in low rainfall canola, Salmon Gums 2014 trial report

28 January 2016

Canola is now being grown in low rainfall areas. Primarily farmers choose open pollinated TT varieties.

vegetative canola

Can agronomy overcome the yield penalty of retained (F2) hybrid TT canola in the low rainfall zone? Ballidu, 2015 trial report

5 April 2016

Summary

Merredin trial site

Can agronomy overcome yield penalty of retained (F2) hybrid TT canola in the low rainfall zone? Merredin 2015 trial report

6 April 2016

In the trial series at Grass Patch, Ballidu, Merredin and Holt Rock, the highest grain yields, oil and gross margins were from the open pollinated variety, so growers should continue to use open po

Canola trial at Eradu

Canola establishment: seed depth and size, hybrid versus OP, Eradu 2016 (16GE01) trial report

24 January 2017

Even when sowing in April into drying soil, sowing canola at 1cm produced higher establishment than sowing at 3cm or 7cm.

Canola yield and heat stress

Canola yield and heat stress in the northern agricultural region 2017 trial report

20 February 2018

Yield was highest from earlier sown plants; mid-May sown plants yielded only 18% of those sown in mid-April.

Banana plantation blown over in a storm.

Planting bananas and risk management in the ORIA

25 February 2014

Higher banana plant densities are used in the Ord River Irrigation Area than other growing areas to modify canopy microclimates.

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