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The Upper North Agricultural Region of SA is frequently affected by hot dry springs, significant frost events and unreliable opening rains. Identifying the window of least risk for sowing and increasing the knowledge of the farmers to different wheat phenology will increase profitability and enable management through seasonal variation.
SARDI researched various ways in which cereal production could be improved by matching the source of seed to the environment in which they are to be grown.
Building on SAGIT project S0107R, Hordeum bulbosum parents were tested for resistance to scald, net form net blotch and leaf rust.