Rootstock advances underpin citrus future

Ashley Walmsley
March 22 2017 - 1:00pm
CITRUS STEWARDS: Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (QDAF) citrus breeder, Malcolm Smith, with retired citrus pathologist, Patricia Barkley, after whom the new Barkley citrus rootstock has been named.
CITRUS STEWARDS: Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (QDAF) citrus breeder, Malcolm Smith, with retired citrus pathologist, Patricia Barkley, after whom the new Barkley citrus rootstock has been named.

MANDARIN growers can now take advantage of a new rootstock launched in Queensland earlier this month.

Ashley Walmsley

Ashley Walmsley

Editor, Good Fruit & Vegetables

Ashley Walmsley is the editor of ACM's only national, fresh produce magazine, Good Fruit & Vegetables, while also covering horticulture stories for the agricultural papers and websites. He also writes the weekly, The Ringer, column in the Qld Country Life.

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