Australia

Sender Institution:	Loxton Research Center, Department of Agriculture Primary Industries South Australia - PO Box 411, Loxton SA 5333 - Australia Phone: +61 - 85 - 847315
Research project
Title:	"Storage development for almonds"
Project leader:	HILL J.F.
Participants:
Funding institution:	HRDC
Starting year:	1993
Duration:	10 years

Project objectives:

· To compare air silo storage and low oxygen silo storage (modified grain silo) to demonstrate an alternative to fumigation and cool storage (which is conventionally in plastic lined wooden bins).

· To reduce handling costs to the industry.

· To reduce the need for chemical fumigation.

Project summary:

No results to date (too soon).

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Sender Institution:	South Australian Research and Development Institute LenswoodSA 5240, Australia Phone: +61 - 8 - 3898809 Fax: +61 - 8 - 3898899
Research project
Title:	"Phenological observations in almonds"
Project leader:	GATHERCOLE F.
Participants:
Funding institution:	South Australian Research and Development Institute - Australia
Starting year:	1965
Duration:	continuous

Project objectives:

To tabulate time of bloom under local conditions for recent almond cultivar introductions and some local selections.

Project summary:

Data is available for about 40 cultivars and selections.

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Sender Institution:	South Australian Research and Development Institute Lenswood SA 5240, Australia Phone: +61 - 8 - 3898809 Fax: +61 - 8 - 3898899
Research project
Title:	"Almond rootstock trial"
Project leader:	GATHERCOLE F.
Participants:
Funding institution:	South Australian Research and Development Institute - Australia
Starting year:	1987
Duration:	25 years

Project objectives:

To compare yield and tree size of Nonpareil almond on 10 different rootstocks on deep and shallow calcareous soils.

Project summary:

Hybrid (Nemaguard × almond) outfields all others on both soil types but only because of its large tree size. On deep soils Nemaguards Is next in yielding ability followed by Alnem (Nos 1, 88 and 201). On shallow soil, the Alnems (especially 88) outfield Nemaguard. Seedling almond tends to give lowest yields in both situations. The productivity of the Alnems (de, yield per unit tree size) in particularly high; that of hybrid Is low.

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