Crops

The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development continues to support the growth and international competitiveness of all crop industries in Western Australia.

With a 2400 kilometre span from its tropical north to its temperate south, WA supports a broad range of cropping industries from rain-fed winter cereals through to irrigated horticultural crops.

In the 2012/13 year the WA cropping industries exported a total of $3.9 billion which comprised: $3.1 billion of cereals, $859 million of pulses, pastures and oilseeds, $142 million of horticultural crops. The major contributors to these exports were wheat ($2.7 billion), canola ($756 million), barley ($377 million), lupins ($42 million), carrots at $48 million, oats ($12 million), and strawberries at $5.5 million.

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  • Low seedling vigour in older seed

    Diagnosing poor quality seed in canola

    16 May 2014

    Poor grain quality seed can impact on germination rates and market quality. It can be due to small seed or damage by harvest, storage, weather or environment.

  • Dr Michael Considine is leading research to look at what distinguishes one Cabernet Sauvignon clone from another.

    The science behind the next generation of WA wine

    10 June 2014

    Science is being used as a basis to develop the next unique Western Australian red wine.

  • Magnesium deficiency symptoms on apple leaves

    Trace element treatments for apple and pear trees

    19 May 2014

    Symptoms of zinc, copper, manganese and magnesium deficiency are often seen in apple and pear trees in Western Australian orchards.

  • Emerging leaves are distorted and discoloured; leaf blades become cupped and crinkly

    Diagnosing glyphosate damage in canola

    7 May 2014

    Glyphosate is a systemic knockdown herbicide that is used extensively for brown fallow, summer weed or pre-seeding weed control, or selective weed control in glyphosate resistant crops.

  • Scattered germination due to insufficient soil moisture

    Autumn-winter drought in canola

    12 May 2014

    Early drought may affect germination and early growth. Water stressed seedlings are more severely affected by other constraints and may have induced nutrient deficiencies.

  • Flattened strap-like flowering stem

    Diagnosing fasciation in canola

    8 May 2014

    Fasciation is a relatively rare condition of abnormal growth in the growing point that has no economic significance in canola.

  • Uniformly affected plants with pale leaf blotches

    Diagnosing group F herbicide damage in canola

    7 May 2014

    Group F herbicides are registered for selective control of wild radish, wild mustard and wild turnip in cereals, legume crops and legume pastures. Canola is less affected than brassica weeds

  • Citrus whitefly

    Citrus whitefly

    11 October 2013

    Citrus ‘whiteflies’ or ‘snow flies’ (Aleyrodidae) resemble small, white moths, but actually belong to a group (Hemiptera) closely related to lerp insects, aphids and scales.

  • Sorghum near Esperance as a summer crop

    Summer crops to reduce waterlogging

    2 February 2011

    Summer crops can be grown for various reasons including replacing a ‘missed’ cereal crop, control herbicide resistant weeds, filling a summer feed gap for livestock or for watertable control.

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