Triticale has several advantages in Australian conditions: this relatively low input cereal crop has good disease resistance, particularly to rusts. It is a hardy plant, which produces a feed grain as high quality as wheat. Triticale makes good use of land that is marginal for other cereals.

Topics

• Planning/paddock preparation and planting
• Plant growth and physiology
• Nutrition and fertiliser
• Weed and insect control
• Nematode management
• Diseases
• Plant growth regulators and canopy management
• Crop desiccation and spray out
• Harvest and storage
• Environmental issues
• Marketing