Australian Wheat Varieties Supplement No.1

Download or read book Australian Wheat Varieties Supplement No.1 written by RW Fitzsimmons and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 1985-06-01 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the continuing improvement of wheat, there is a need to provide assistance in the identification of newly registered wheat varieties. Sixteen such wheats are described in this Supplement according to the characters explained in 'Australian wheat varieties: identification according to plant, head and grain characteristics', Second Edition, by R. W. Fitzsimmons, R. H. Martin and C. W. Wrigley (CSIRO: Melbourne, 1983). In addition, descriptions of eight Australian triticales are provided in this Supplement as an appendix, in view of the increasing popularity of this close relative of wheat.