Rice Breeding Australia 2025 Annual Report
The Rice Breeding Australia 2025 Annual Report highlights a year of significant progress in transforming Australia’s rice breeding program.
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Alternative methods and cultural practices for establishing seed and nutritional plots
31 pages
Published: 6 Feb 2006
Author(s): Ford, Russell
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The plan is to develop a machine using modern technologies of seed distribution and placement. The latest cone distribution equipment will be adapted to this seeding unit to allow trials of various seed placement techniques (seeding apparatus) to compare rice establishment.
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