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Luisetti Seeds Launches New High Yielding Blue Pea CultivarMay 11, 2016 - 10:52 pm
Following our extensive field pea trial conducted by Plant and Food Research, Luisetti Seeds will launch a new blue pea cultivar, Cooper. Cooper is a medium-large blue pea, a semi leafless type, resistant to powdery mildew. Cooper had the highest mean yield of all blue peas in the trial and was the second highest yielder […]
Darfield Rugby Club Maintains Quality of Its GroundsMay 4, 2016 - 4:55 am
Last season the Darfield club hosted finals day in Ellesmere rugby. As a result of bad weather, especially snow, the two fields at the club were badly affected (by not only the weather but the use of the farm machinery in getting them ready and the games played on them) and the rugby had to […]
BYDV Resistance in WheatMay 4, 2016 - 4:25 am
The first field trials of advanced wheat lines that feature resistance to barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) were sown in the 2015-16 season. Two series of lines were developed using marker assisted selection to track the BYDV resistance into the milling wheat Viceroy and biscuit wheat Empress. These breeding lines were assessed for their field […]