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Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

Keywords

Wheat, Root rots, Ley farming, Seedbeds, Western Australia

Disciplines

Agronomy and Crop Sciences | Plant Pathology

First Page Number

801

Last Page Number

804

ISSN

0021-8618

Abstract

The occurrence of root rots in wheat crops in relation to seed bed preparation was studied in a series of field experiments.

Results suggest depth of cultivation has little effect upon the incidence of root diseases.

Ploughing of the seed bed reduced the amount of root rot compared with scarifying and also gave higher yields.

However, the increased yield appears to be mainly due to better control of weeds.

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