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Wheat cultivar mixes show promise

Wheat cultivar mixes show promise

Update: 2024-08-10
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Mixing multiple wheat cultivars and sowing them together in the same paddock is being trialled by FAR and tried by some growers with promising results. In this episode of Cut the Crop, FAR cereals researcher Andrei Costan tells Alison Stewart that mixes have the potential to reduce disease pressure and spread, as well as increasing yield stability.

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