Better Groundnuts Expected in Australia:It is hopped to develop groundnuts strains with a higher resistance to disease by crossing Australian varieties with vigorous plants obtained by the CSIRO from South America It is also hoped that the hybrids produced will give a higher yield than the varieties now generally grown. Ground - nut industry is well established in Queensland.and some success has also been achived in northern parts of New South Wales.In the 1947-48 season the acreage in New South Wales increased to 67 compared with a mere 17acres in the previous year and the yield was nearly 92,000 lb.
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