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Improving the best practice integrated weed management package 2013 trial report

8 January 2014

This trial examines the positive impact of crop competition, crop type rotation and the mouldboard plough on weed management.

Dry sowing and delayed sowing – effect on wheat yield at Wongan Hills 2013 trial report

6 March 2014

Emu Rock and Corack were lower yielding than Cobra, Mace, Magenta and Wyalkatchem when sown dry and emerging in second week of May. Varieties sown in late May into moist soil were higher yielding.

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.

An image of Bob French, DAFWA researcher standing in a paddock in Merredin

Deep seeding wheat to chase moisture 2014 trial report

7 October 2014

Deep sowing to chase moisture can be critical in some seasons to getting crops established early. Wheat varieties differ in their ability to emerge from depth.

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.

Three plots in dry sowing seed depth trial taken on 5 July 2013 at Mullewa Research Annexe. On left is buffer of Mace sown dry at 50mm, in the centre is Magenta sown dry at 50mm and on the right is Emu Rock sown dry at 70mm.

Managing wheat varieties for dry seeding 2013 trial report

20 February 2014

Deep sowing wheat (>100mm) will affect productivity.

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.

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.

Close up of young wheat plant showing yellow leaf spot disease

Are early fungicide applications effective for yellow spot and septoria nodorum blotch in the low rainfall zone 2014 trial report

26 September 2014

Previous research in high rainfall zones or above average seasons has shown that in cases where leaf spot disease levels are high very early, fungicide application at or before first node (Z31) is

Getting the most out of long season wheat varieties 2014 trial report

13 May 2015

Magenta and Trojan are competitive with Mace when sown early to mid May, taking advantage of good conditions for grain filling.

Wheat plants 19 days after seeding on 9th April 2015 at Yuna

Fast-tracked trial at Yuna push sowing date boundaries for wheat 2015 trial report

15 May 2015

The north east fringes of the Western Australian wheatbelt received good levels of summer rainfall in 2015.

Wheat at Pindar, 11 days after seeding on 9th April

Fast-tracked trial at Pindar push sowing date boundaries for wheat 2015 trial report

27 May 2015

The north east fringes of the Western Australian wheatbelt received good levels of summer rain in 2015.

Plant density and N response of selected wheat varieties at Holt Rock 2015 trial report

19 June 2015

Do our current wheat varieties need different management to get the best performance from them.

Plant density and N response of selected wheat varieties at Yuna 2015 trial report

19 June 2015

At Yuna, frost in September affected grain yield and quality of the short maturity varieties but not the longer maturing varieties Magenta and Calingiri.

Plant density and N response of selected wheat varieties at East Koorda 2015 trial report

19 June 2015

In a high yield potential season, seeding wheat at 60kg/ha gave a higher yield and gross margin than seeding at 30kg/ha; but there was no further benefit in going to 90kg/ha.

Plant density and N response of selected wheat varieties at Moorine Rock 2015 trial report

19 June 2015

The challenge in low rainfall areas is to understand the influence of management on the genetic difference of varieties.

Tactical wheat agronomy: nitrogen timing at East Ballidu 2015 trial report

29 June 2015

The mean site yield was 1.4t/ha and there was no difference in yield between Mace and Hydra wheat.

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.

Christine Zaicou-Kunesch discussing wheat research findings at the NAG field day

Enhancing yield of long season wheat varieties at Eneabba 2014 trial report

3 September 2014

Wheat agronomy research in 2014 at Eneabba aimed to determine how management with foliar fungicide and an in-furrow fungicide influenced the profitability of long season wheat varieties with an ear

Yellow spot appears as tan elongated lesions with yellow margins, with leaf dying back from tip

Managing yellow spot and septoria nodorum blotch in wheat

5 December 2013

Leaf spot diseases affecting wheat in Western Australia are septoria nodorum blotch, yellow spot and septoria tritici blotch.

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