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

Keywords

Wheat, Varieties, Western Australia

Disciplines

Agronomy and Crop Sciences | Plant Breeding and Genetics | Plant Pathology

First Page Number

899

Last Page Number

901

ISSN

0021-8618

Abstract

State Wheat Advisory Committee recommendations for wheat varieties for 1965 plantings.

THE wheat rust epidemic of 1963 has directed attention to resistance of varieties to this disease, new races of which have recently appeared in Western Australia.

However, last year was one of abnormal seasonal conditions, with late summer rains followed by a mild winter, and spring conditions which favoured rust.

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