evelopment of a strategy for selection of high-CCS cultivars for high-fertility environments in northern Queensland : SRDC Final report BSS179

Abstract

The need to develop a strategy for cultivar development for high-fertility soils present in northern Queensland was driven by industry concerns regarding a declining CCS pattern in years prior to commencement of this project. The strategy embodied in this project was to grow three populations of clones of commercial yield and CCS potential under these conditions, as typified by Innisfail and Tully series soils, and determine whether above-ground traits could act as predictors of crop erectness at harvest.