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Break crops boosting water use efficiency in WA wheat crops

Extensive research demonstrates the benefits of break crops in WA.

Claire Harris
DPIRD senior research scientist Martin Harries has led an extensive field study looking at how water use efficiency is affected by the use of break crops to interrupt continuous wheat-on wheat paddock setups.

DPIRD senior research scientist Martin Harries has led an extensive field study looking at how water use efficiency is affected by the use of break crops to interrupt continuous wheat-on wheat paddock setups. | Credits: DPIRD

IN many cases, break crops and pasture crops provide nitrogen fixation benefits and help tackle weeds, however a recently completed field analysis of Western Australian cropping areas has demonstrated...

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