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Title: Wheat and barley experiments on the Kumarl soils at Salmon Gums.
Author: Collins, D. A. ; Bolland, M. D. A. (Michael David Anthony), 1946- ; Fletcher, R. D.
Series: Technical Bulletin - Western Australian Department of Agriculture (Australia), ; 74.
Description: [15] p.
Subject: Yields. ; Wheat. ; Salmon Gums (W.A.) ; Sowing date. ; Sowing rates. ; Cropping systems. ; Barley.
Notes: maps, 8 ref.
Type: Journal
Abstract: The water-holding capacity of these soils, and their location in a low rainfall area combine to make them marginal for producing grain. In contrast to sowing wheat on ley pasture, mechanically fallowing the year before planting markedly improved grain yields by 1.3 to 4 times. Five methods of sowing wheat or barley in an attempt to plant as early as possible after the start of the winter-growing season, and the use of various seeding densities of wheat, did not significantly improve yields above the norma
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