Winter Wheat Guide

Contents

Crop Growth and Development

• Leaf Emergence and Tillering

• Canopy Formation and RadiationInterception

• Biomass Production andPartitioning

• Crop Height

• Nitrogen Uptake

• Ear Formation and Grain Filling

• Winter Wheat GrowthBenchmarks

Crop Management

• Soil Cultivation for Wheat

• Seed Rate and Establishment

• Nitrogen Management

• Crop Nutrition – Lime, P, K andMicronutrients

• Weed Control

• Pest Control

• Disease Control

• Major Diseases

• Lodging Control

• Grain Quality

• The Crop Management Season

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Yield determinants

• Grain number and grain

size both affect yield

• Ear number most important

for grain number

• Long grain filling to

maximise grain size

• Need both for very

high yields

Crop Management

Based on years of research

Acknowledgements

Funded by the DAFM as part of the ‘CIVYL’ Stimulus funded project

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