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New lupin website is a one stop shop

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Western Australia
April 4, 2007

Source: GRDC's The Crop Doctor

A ‘one stop shop’ for lupin growers has come on-line where Western Australian growers can now access historic, agronomic, varietal and production information about lupins on the new website.

Upwards of 750,000 hectares of Western Australia is planted annually to lupins, making Western Australia the world’s biggest producer.

The website will be a valuable resource for growers, with valuable information about the $100 million lupin industry, from end products to growing tips.

The new website, www.lupins.org is dedicated to promoting lupins for:

• growers and agronomists looking for the latest lupin production knowledge;
• buyers of protein grains;
• processors requiring the highest nutritional value for food and feed, and
• educators looking for resources.

Developed by Pulse Western Australia, the website offers links to the most current information on all aspects of research, agronomy and end uses of lupins.

Grains Research and Development Corporation Manager, Pulse/Oilseed/Summer Crop Breeding, Brondwen MacLean said providing such detailed lupin industry information at a one-stop website, was an excellent tool, especially for growers.

Growers can review the many lupin varieties produced by breeding programs in Australia, Chile, Denmark, Germany, Poland, Russia, Ukraine and USA that have shown improved agronomic characteristics, particularly for yield and disease.

Ms MacLean said, for example, growers could now conveniently look at a table of varieties and review maturity times, anthracnose resistance, aphid resistance, metribuzin tolerance and grain protein levels.

The website is www.lupins.org

 

The Crop Doctor is
GRDC Managing Director,
Peter Reading

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