Frost Damaged Crop Salvage Options And Seed Retention

Published: Nov. 21, 2018, midnight

In this podcast WA Department of Primary Industries & Regional Development research officer and Frost specialist, Dr Ben Biddulph, discusses salvage and harvest options for frost-affected cereal crops as well as what to consider if you intend holding onto seed from a frost affected crop. On the day Ben Biddulph was at DPIRD\u2019s Frost evaluation trial site at Dale about 100k\u2019s east of Perth.\n\nFurther Information\nDr Ben Biddulph\nDPIRD Grains Directorate\n3 Baron-Hay Court, South Perth, WA 6151\n0428 920 654 ben.biddulph@dpird.wa.gov.au\n\nA range of resources to help growers identify and manage frosted crops are available on the GRDC website:\n\nFrost Identification Guide, produced by DPIRD with co-investment from GRDC, available at https://grdc.com.au/CerealFrostIDGuide?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_medium=track_description&utm_campaign=podcast&utm_content=resources\n\nFrost - Frequently Asked Questions, a DPIRD publication produced in collaboration with GRDC at https://grdc.com.au/frost-faq?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_medium=track_description&utm_campaign=podcast&utm_content=resources\n\nThe GRDC YouTube frost playlist which includes segments about the emotional cost of frost and managing the effects of frost https://www.grdc.com.au/GRDC-Video-NationalFrostInitiativePlaylist?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_medium=track_description&utm_campaign=podcast&utm_content=resources GRDC Managing Frost Risk\n\nTips and Tactics at https://grdc.com.au/ManagingFrostRisk?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_medium=track_description&utm_campaign=podcast&utm_content=resources\n\nMore information on frost management can be found via the GRDC\u2019s suite of GrowNotes\u2122 publications available at https://grdc.com.au/grownotes?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_medium=track_description&utm_campaign=podcast&utm_content=resources\n\nFrost resources are also available on the DPIRD website at https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/frost/frost-tools-and-support?utm_source=grdc_soundcloud&utm_medium=track_description&utm_campaign=podcast&utm_content=resources\n\nand https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/frost/management-options-frosted-crop?utm_source=grdc_soundcloud&utm_medium=track_description&utm_campaign=podcast&utm_content=resources\n\nGRDC Project code: DAW00244; DWA00243; DWA00242; DWA00236\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices