Mixing it up – wheat cultivar mixtures can increase yield and buffer the risk of flowering too early or too late

Mixtures of wheat cultivars of different duration can potentially balance the yield-reducing risks of frost, heat and terminal drought. Cultivar mixtures with contrasting duration were tested across three experiments in Western Australia. Experiment 1 consisted of three sowing dates (early, mid and late), experiment 2 consisted one sowing date and experiment 3 consisted of two sowing dates (early and late). The three experiments and the multiple...