Northern trials probe moisture-seeking wheats
Date Time Northern trials probe moisture-seeking wheats Long coleoptile wheat lines are being trialled at sites across Queensland and NSW this season. This trial site at Emerald was planted earlier this month. Photo supplied. The development of ‘long coleoptile’ genetics that allow wheat plants to establish on moisture deeper in the soil has attracted strong interest from grain growers looking to improve crop establishment and therefore yields in a drying climate. The coleoptile...
Greg Rebetzke Richard Holzknecht Lundarva Kioma Queensland Department Of Agriculture Emerald Research Facility Department Of Primary Industries
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