Breeder Mr Chris Moore

Target Regions

• Southern and Central Western Australian Agricultural Regions (south of line passing through Pingelly and Hyden)

• South Australia

Breeding aims

Yield and adaptation

• High Yield

• Range of soil types with particular emphasis on alkaline soils

• Tolerance to:-

• Boron

• Drought
  

• Range of maturities to suit different sowing times

Disease resistance

• Leaf, Stem and Stripe Rust

• Septoria Nodorum

• Crown rot (for South Australia)

• Yellow Spot

• Cereal Cyst Nematode

• Pratylenchus spp

Quality

• Australian Hard

• Australian Premium White

• Feed

Herbicide Resistance

• Clearfield

• New Varieties are monitored for tolerance to herbicides routinely applied to wheat.