A NEW technique to control the Mediterranean Fruit Fly (Ceratitis capitate) is being trialled this season by Fruit West and the Department of Agriculture and Food.

ONE of the world’s most highly produced food legumes, the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), has been part of a collaborative study that seeks to eliminate biotic and abiotic stresses that plague its growth.

THE WA Department of Agriculture has found regular pregnancy scanning of ewes equips farmers to tailor their husbandry standards resulting in increased lambing rates.

UWA researchers are finding more efficient methods of sampling bulk density to make soil carbon measurement easier—especially for state and national projects requiring hundreds of samples.

LOCAL scientists investigate the effects of soil sodium (Na) levels on potassium (K) nutrition in barley cultivars, with results suggesting K supplementation may assist plants in overcoming stresses such as salinity and drought.

A WESTERN Australian study into the levels of ammonia-oxidising archaea (AOA) and ammonia-oxidising bacteria (AOB) in soils is aiding in the understanding of the nitrogen cycle in agricultural systems.