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Geraldton Rural-Residential Land Capability Study, R A. Dye, A M E Van Vreeswyk, Geoff Allan Moore

Land resources series

With a growing population in the Geraldton area, there is a demand for rural and coastal subdivision to provide for rural residential development and intensification of agricultural activities. Future land use planning for land use change and management of land to overcome existing land degradation problems should be based on land capability. This study provides a semi-detailed (1:50,000) soil and landform inventory for the immediate zone around Geraldton, south from Coronation Beach to Cape Burney along the coast, 13.7 km inland in the north and 7.6 km inland in the south. Eight land systems were identified in the land resource …

Darling Range Rural Land Capability Study, Peter Donald King, M R. Wells

Land resources series

This report presents land resource mapping and land capability assessments for rural residential and associated agricultural activities at a scale of 1:50,000 over 100,000 ha of rural land in Perth's eastern metropolitan hills area. The study area is bounded to the west by the Great Northern, Albany, Roe and South Western highways, and extends north, east and south to the boundary of the Perth metropolitan area. Using the broad framework of landform-soil associations defined by Churchward and McArthur (1980), discrete mapping units have been delineated by reference to landform and soil characteristics likely to affect future land uses. They provide …

Floristic Survey Of Remnant Vegetation In The Dandaragan Area, Western Australia, Edward Arnold Griffin

Resource management technical reports

A study involving the documentation of the extent and floristic composition of patches of native vegetation left uncleared by agricultural development is described. Floristic regions were defined in the study area by detailed analysis of the floristic data. The concentration of the major conservation reserves in only a few of these regions left the floristic variation of most of these regions poorly represented conservation reserves. About 13 percent of the private property remains uncleared.

An Introduction To The Soils Of The Esperance Advisory District, T C. Stoneman, Tim D. Overheu, P G. Muller, National Soil Conservation Program (Australia)

Bulletins 4000 -

With descriptions, illustrations and notes on seven common soils.

Spacing Water Points In The Southern Pastoral Areas Of Western Australia, Don Burnside, Adrian Williams, Peter Curry

Bulletins 4000 -

An inadequate distribution of watering points in our pastoral lands, particularly in the saltbush/bluebush pasture, has caused localisized land degradation close to waters and reduced animal productivity (particularly in stressful times). From experimentation and observation, some generalised recommendations for water supply distribution in pastoral areas can be made.

An Introduction To The Soils Of The Albany Advisory District, T C. Stoneman, National Soil Conservation Program (Australia)

Bulletins 4000 -

With description, illustrations and notes on eight common soils.

An Introduction To The Soils Of The Geraldton Advisory District, T C. Stoneman, National Soil Conservation Program (Australia)

Bulletins 4000 -

With descriptions, illustrations and notes on eight common soils.

Integrated Control Of Soil Insect Pests Of Potatoes, Stewart Learmonth, John Matthiesson

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

One of the more difficult aspects of growing potatoes in Western Australia is controlling soil insect pests. These pests have become more troublesome because the highly effective and persistent organochlorine insecticides previously used to control the main soil pests, African black beetle and whitefringed weevil, were deregistered for agricultural use in 1987. Entomologists from the Department of Agriculture and CSIRO in Western Australia are collaborating to develop new management strategies for these pests that rely less on the use of chemical insecticides

Waterlogging : One Reason Why Our Crops And Pastures Are Not Achieving Maximum Yields, Department Of Agriculture And Food, Western Australia

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

Water, either its lack"or excess, is the main factor affecting the yield of crops and pastures in Western Australia.

The 1989 Saltland Survey, Richard George

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

In March 1989, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) surveyed farmers in Western Australia to determine the area of previously arable land that was now too saline for conventional agriculture. Farmers reported that 443,441 ha, or 2.83 per cent, of the 15.7 million hectares of cleared farm land in south-western Australia, was saline. This was an increase of about 180,000 ha on the 1979 survey figure.

The worst affected areas were in the 350 mm to 600 mm rainfall zone and included the Shires of Tammin (9.26 per cent arable area saline), Katanning (7.96 per cent), Goomalling (7.93 per cent), …

Causes Of Waterlogging, Jim Cox, Don Mcfarlane

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

Waterlogging is highly variable, both between years and within paddocks. This residts in uncertainty as to whether a paddock should be cropped in a particular year, and whether different management should be used on waterlogged areas within a paddock

A study has determined what are the most important causes of waterlogged soils.

An Introduction To The Soils Of The Three Springs Advisory District, T C. Stoneman, National Soil Conservation Program (Australia)

Bulletins 4000 -

With descriptions, illustrations and notes on seven common soils.

An Introduction To The Soils Of The Moora Advisory District, T C. Stoneman, National Soil Conservation Program (Australia)

Bulletins 4000 -

With descriptions, illustrations and notes on eight common soils.

An Introduction To The Soils Of The Lake Grace Advisory District, T C. Stoneman, National Soil Conservation Program (Australia)

Bulletins 4000 -

With descriptions, illustrations and notes on eight common soils.

North Mullewa Research Station "Daisy Downs" Field Day, Peter Nelson

All other publications

NMRS (165 ha) was leased from "Daisy Downs" (Manager Mr Ken Thompson) in 1985. NMRS was established in response to famer and local goverment demand for more research on the shallow, heavy soils in a low rainfall area. It is run along similar lines to the East Chapman Research Station (ECRS), with large rotation paddocks (42 ha) set up to study farming systems the remainder of the leased area being used for general experimental purposes.

Winchester Sub-Catchment Management Plan, Vivian T. Read

Soil conservation survey collection

The 590 Ha Winchester sub-catchment has no apparent external drainage. Groundwater levels are rising causing site specific problems. Wind erosion has severely affected some areas.The objective of this report is to provide a sub-catchment management plan that is based on sustainable agricultural systems and a hydrological equilibrium. The recommendations aim to meet this objective in the long term. Recommendations to achieve short term results are considered separately. These measures have relatively high installation and maintenance costs. They should be considered as interim management methods until the recommendations for long-term control become effective (perhaps 3 - 5 years after implementation).

Forage Shrubs And Grasses For Revegetating Saltland, H V. Runciman, C V. Malcolm

Bulletins 4000 -

Salt tolerant shrubs and grasses are used for forage production from salt-affected farmland. This Bulletin is designed to assist in recognition of the important species in Western Australia and to provide information on their use. The species listed have more forage value than some natural indicators and colonizers of saltland, such as Mediterranean barley grass (Hordeum geniculatum), ice plant (Mesembryanthemum spp.), mallee lovegrass (Eragrostisdielsii), salt spurry (Spergularia spp.), curly ryegrass (Parapholis incurva) and beard grass (Polypogon monspeliensis). Some of the plants are also useful for rehabilitating degraded rangeland and mine …

Pattern Analysis : A Descriptive Introduction, J. F. Wallace, Australian Co-Operation With The National Agricultural Research Project, Thailand.

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Notes for a workshop on pattern analysis of germplasm data ; to be held at the Pathumk Thani Rice Research Centre, May-June 1989. At head of title : Australian Co-operation with the National Agricultural Research Project Thailand.

Pattern analysis is a term which covers a very large area of statistical analysis for multivariate data sets. A full understanding of pattern analysis would require years of study of mathematical concepts and computing algorithms. Fortunately, pattern analysis methods can now be used without all this specialist knowledge. This is possible because of the availability of computer programs such as PATN, which is …

Design And Statistical Analysis Of Plant Protection Experiment, J F. Wallace

All other publications

An Australian co-operation with the national agricultural research project Thailand.

This short course is intended to cover aspects of experimental design, sampling and statistical analysis for researchers in Entomology and Plant Pathology.

The basic principles of experimental design are the same for plant protection research as they are in other areas of research. Problems in plant protection arise from the variation of the data, the complexity of the systems and interactions with environmental factors. In many cases, standard designs are quite adequate.

Management Of The South-West Inshore Trawl Fishery., N. Moore

Fisheries management papers

This report outlines the management plan for the south west inshore trawl fishery which already operates in coastal waters less than 200 metres deep between Guilderton and Cape Leeuwin. This management plan takes into account these important concerns and has specifically set aside a strip of coastal area from Cape Bouvard to Cape Leeuwin for recreational usage and for protection of the benthic community, and closed the management zone north of Burns Beach to trawling.

The Development Of An Efficient Lupin Harvesting Front, E D. Blanchard

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

Harvest losses represent a significant reduction in lupin production and farm productivity.

Since 1984, the Department's Farm Machinery Research and Liaison Unit at the Dryland Research Institute has studied the lupin harvesting operation to improve its mechanical efficiency. An experimental and a prototype harvesting front were built and tested in the field. Guidlines for efficient lupin harvesting were produced, and commercial modifications developed.

Interaction Of Rhizoctonia Root Rot On Wheat With Post Emergence Herbicides, W Macleod

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Interaction of Rhizoctonia root rot on wheat with post emergence herbicides, 88E30. Location, aim, treatment, method, results, table1. Take-all inoculum levels in a ryegrass sward after treatment with hoegrass. 88MD30. Location, aim, treatment, method, results, Interaction of Pleiochaeta root rot on lupins with Simazine®, 88ME64, 88WH335, 88ME64. Location, aim, treatment, method, results, tables 1 to 8.

Tolerance Of Lupins To Simazine, K E. Oliver

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Tolerance of lupins to triazine herbicides, 89GL21, 89GL24. Application of atrazine post emergence of the soil, 89GL22, 89GL25. Application of atrazine post emergence to the foliage, 89GL23, 89GL26. Trials with mutated lupin population, 89WH72, 89MC32.

Rotational Experiments., C. K. Revell

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Trial 82M47

a. Subterranean clover.

Subterranean clover rotation trial
Merredin Research Station.

Trial 88ME83

b. Santiago burr medic

Rotational systems for burr medic
Merredin.

Trial 89N29

Rotational systems for burr medic.
Newdegate Research Station.

Replicated Single Row Evaluation., C. M. Saunders

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Trial 89AB12

Great Southern Agricultural Institute - Paddock B15

This trial was of similar design to the single row evaluation, except four replications and pesticide treatments were also included.
However the trial had to be abandoned due to severe phytotoxic responses seen in the medics due to repeated spraying of 'Lorsban' (used at recommended rates).
Intended to repeat this work in 1990, bulk seed where possible and to eventually assess these lines, under such conditions, in large plots.

Pasture Deterioration Trial, J. W. Bowden, R. J. Lunt

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Trial 89NA61

Location: Duranillin

In this site we would expect a very large response (40 to 50% ) to phosphorus.

History:

The site was chosen because of the patchy and poor pasture production. The poor areas tend to have more suckling clover than the good areas. The pasture was legume dominant.

Treatments were applied on April 16, 1989.

Tolerance Of Cereal Varieties To Herbicides, David Bowran, Neil Thomson

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Tolerance of current cereal varieties to new herbicides, 89EC21, 89N27, 89SC15. Tolerance of new cereal varieties to current herbicides, 89EB19, 89EC20, 89N28, 89SC16. Tolerance of wheat varieties to Metribuzin and Pendimethalin, 89EC22, 89WH58. Tolerance of wheat to herbicide tank mixes for grass and broadleaf weed control in cereals, 89WH86. Grasp efficacy and tolerance, 89C22, 89GE93. Tolerance of field peas to herbicides, 89KA64, 89M56. Tolerance of pasture legume varieties to herbicides, 89KA76. Crop establishment using residual herbicides for weed control, 89NA66.

Herbicide Residues, T Piper

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Pea growth following Sulphonyl urea herbicide, 88SG28, 88SG29. Medic regeneration following Sulphonyl urea herbicide, 88SG30, 88SG31, 88LG68, 88LG69, 88LG70.

Weed Control In Lupins With Simazine Topping Up, D J. Gilbey, R Klemm, B Roberts

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Weed control in Lupins with simazine “topping up”, 89GE62, 89TS40, 89NO59. Doublegee control in Lupins with Brodal plus simazine, 89GE63, 89TS41, 89NO60. Post emergence doublegee control in lupins, 89NO92, 89MO65. Doublegee control in peas, pre-emergence, 89TS47, 89MO38, 89M38, 89NO63. Doublegee control in peas, post-emergence, 89TS48, 89MO39, 89ME87, 89NO64.

Factors Affecting Lupin Crop Establishment In The Northern Agricultural Region Of Western Australia., K W. Mccarthy, A M. Doswell, R J. Delane, M W. Sweetingham

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Lupin establishment, 89EC6. The effect of machine, depth of sowing, seed soil contact and herbicide incorporation on lupin establishment, 89GE8. The effect of phosphate application on lupin establishment, 89GE99. The effect of seeding technique, depth of sowing, seed soil contact and fungicide on lupin establishment on course sands, 89GE9. Integrated control strategy of Rhizoctonia hypocotyl root rot of lupins, 89GE11, 89GE12, 89GE12B, 89GE13, 89GE14. Strategies for lupin patch control, 89EC7 and 89GE15. The effect of seed size and sowing rate on lupin establishment, 89C1, 89GE6, 89GE7, 89EC5, 89BA34, 89TS49, 89GE10, 89EC4, 89GE4,