Deeper-sown pulses chase soil moisture

By Shannon Beattie
February 20 2020 - 1:30pm
CSIRO researcher Sarah Rich in the field measuring water infiltration into pulse plots. Picture by Kirra Holley, West Midland Group.
CSIRO researcher Sarah Rich in the field measuring water infiltration into pulse plots. Picture by Kirra Holley, West Midland Group.

RESEARCH from CSIRO has found pulses, mainly lentils and chickpeas, can be sown deep - down to 20 centimetres - without suffering biomass and yield losses or changes to flowering.

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