Australian Cereal Identification: Recent Varieties of Wheat, Triticale, Barley and Oats

By RH Martin, CW Wrigley, RW Fitzsimmons and GL Roberts

As cereal grain markets become more quality conscious, there is a continuing need to identify and distinguish between varieties. This handbook supplements the books listed below with descriptions of sixteen recent wheats, two triticales, one barley and nine oat varieties. The original handbooks give full explanations of the characteristics used to describe the varieties of the respective cereals.

• Language: English
• Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
• Release date: Jun 1, 1986
• ISBN: 9780643106147

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Acknowledgments

Essential to the preparation of this handbook has been the assistance of many officers of Departments of Agriculture/Primary Industries in all States. We particularly acknowledge the provision of samples and descriptions by Ray Hare and Michael Mackey (N.S.W.), Paul Brennan and John ·Rose (Old), Lindsay O’Brien and Jan Bert-Brouwer (Vic.), Gil Hollamby and Andrew Barr (S.·A.) and Robin Wilson and Peter Portmann (W.A.).

The technical assistance of Mrs Jeanette McCausland and Miss Kim Wittkowski is gratefully acknowledged. We especially appreciate the contribution of Mr W. W. Rushton (CSIRO Division of Food Research, Sydney) for colour photography.

Preface

As cereal grain markets become more quality conscious, there is a continuing need to identify and distinguish between varieties. This handbook supplements the books listed below with descriptions of sixteen recent wheats, two triticales, one barley and nine oat varieties. The original handbooks give full explanations of the characteristics used to describe the varieties of the respective cereals.

Wheat and Triticale

‘Australian wheat varieties. Supplement No.1 to second edition: sixteen recent wheats and an appendix on Australian triticale varieties’, by R. W. Fitzsimmons, R. H. Martin and C. W. Wrigley (CSIRO: Melbourne, 1985).

‘Australian wheat varieties: identification according to plant, head and grain characteristics’, Second Edition, by R. W. Fitzsimmons, R. H. Martin and C. W. Wrigley (CSIRO: Melbourne, 1983).

‘Australian wheat varieties. Supplement No.1: eleven recent wheats, grain defects and appendixes on foreign seeds and insects’, by G. K. Ferns, R. W. Fitzsimmons, R. H. Martin and C. W. Wrigley (CSIRO: Melbourne, 1978).

‘Australian wheat varieties: identification according to growth, head and grain characteristics’, by G. K. Ferns, R. W. Fitzsimmons, R. H. Martin, D. H. Simmonds and C. W. Wrigley (CSIRO: Melbourne, 1975).

Barley

‘Australian barleys: identification of varieties, grain defects and foreign seeds’, Second Edition, by R. W. Fitzsimmons and C. W. Wrigley (CSIRO: Melbourne, 1984).

‘Australian barleys: identification of varieties, grain defects and foreign seeds’, by R. W. Fitzsimmons and C. W. Wrigley (CSIRO: Melbourne, 1979).

Oats

‘Australian oat varieties: identification of plants, panicles and grains’, by R. W. Fitzsimmons, G. L. Roberts and C. W. Wrigley (CSIRO: Melbourne, 1983).

These handbooks and four wall charts (illustrating weed seeds, crop seeds, wheat defects and barley defects) are available from CSIRO Editorial and Publications Service, 314 Albert Street, East Melbourne, Vic. 3002.

WHEAT PLANTS

Summary Key to 3–6 Leaf Stage

WHEAT PLANTS

Summary Key to 6–8 Leaf Stage

WHEAT HEADS

Summary Key to Head Descriptions