Agriculture Victoria trials

To investigate the effect of variety and sowing rate on grain yield in spring-sown chickpeas

To investigate the effect of variety and sowing rate on grain yield in spring-sown faba beans

Improve canopy management and harvest index of Faba beans

Evaluate the response of cultivar, seeding density and canopy management (PGR and defoliation) to manipulate canopy architecture in a high yielding faba bean Amberley compared to current practice Samira and Bendoc.

To evaluate the appropriateness of chickpea varieties for the Victorian high rainfall zone (HRZ) on an autumn or spring sowing date. 

To evaluate potential new foliar fungicide spray strategies and varieties for management of aschochyta blight in chickpeas. 

To evaluate fungicide strategies to manage ascochyta blight in chickpea in the low rainfall Mallee environment. 

To evaluate chickpea varieties and breeding lines against ascochyta blight and their response to foliar fungicide application. 

To evaluate chickpea varieties and breeding lines against ascochyta blight and their response to foliar fungicide application. 

To evaluate potential new foliar fungicide spray strategies and varieties for management of aschochyta blight in chickpeas.

To evaluate effectiveness of commercially available inoculant products to increase nodulation in chickpea. 

To compare a range of inoculant products on chickpea root nodulation, yield and nitrogen (N) fixing ability. 

To evaluate effectiveness of commercially available inoculant products to increase nodulation in chickpea. 

To investigate the response of chickpea to application of macro and micro-nutrients.

To investigate the response of chickpea to application of macro and micro-nutrients on a sandhill and swale soil.

To identify nutrient inputs that will improve growth and yield of chickpea on the variable soil types encountered in Mallee paddocks.

To evaluate autumn or spring sowing for chickpea varieties in the Victorian high rainfall zone (HRZ). 

To investigate the adaptability of a range of chickpea varieties and breeding lines to varying sowing dates. 

To investigate the adaptability of a range of chickpea varieties and breeding lines to varying sowing dates. 

To evaluate the yield of chickpea breeding lines with cold tolerance traits in comparison to selected commercial varieties. 

To measure the affect of deep ripping on the Water Use and WUE of Chickpea

Improve targeted and sustainable use of fungicide for disease management in faba beans

To demonstrate new technologies to aassist with managing weeds in lentils.

To expand knowledge on pulses and increase the use of them in the southern region

To test the disease management efficacy of a set of fungicide programs in faba beans in the Victorian high rainfall zone (HRZ).  
 

To assess the efficacy of fungicide programs in faba beans in the Victorian high rainfall zone (HRZ).   

To evaluate new breeding lines of faba beans for the Victorian high rainfall zone (HRZ). 

To investigate how sowing date and variety interact to affect faba bean growth, development and yield

To investigate if subsoil amelioration can increase faba bean root and shoot growth, nodulation and grain yield in soils with subsurface aciditiy and/or dense sodic subsoil

To test the adaptability of faba beans to changes in sowing date and plant density in the Victorian high rainfall zone (HRZ). 
 

To test the response of two common faba bean varieties to changes in plant density in the Victorian high rainfall zone (HRZ). 

To evaluate potential foliar fungicide spray strategies, new breeding lines and varieties for management of fungal diseases in faba bean. 

To evaluate potential of foliar fungicide spray strategies, new breeding lines and varieties for management of fungal diseases in faba bean. 

To evaluate the performance of a range of faba bean varieties and breeding lines with traits for adaptation to low rainfall zones. 

To investigate the tolerance of a newly released faba bean variety PBA Bendoc to residual (simulated) and in-crop application timings of Group B herbicides in comparison with the commercial variety PBA Samira. 

To investigate the tolerance of a newly released faba bean variety PBA Bendoc to residual (simulated) and in-crop application of various Group B herbicides in comparison with the commercial variety PBA Samira. 

To investigate the response of faba bean to application of macro and micro-nutrients. 
 

To investigate the response of faba bean to phosphorus fertilizer rates. 

To assess the efficacy of fungicide programs to manage black spot in field peas in the Victorian high rainfall zone (HRZ).  

To test the effect of micronutrient supplements on field pea grain yield. 
 

To test the adaptability of field pea varieties to changes in sowing time. 

To test the adaptability of field pea varieties to changes in sowing time in the Victorian high rainfall zone (HRZ). 

To evaluate fungicide strategies to manage blackspot in field pea in the low rainfall Mallee environment. 
 

To identify Pulse Breeding Australia (PBA) field pea genotypes which may offer yield improvements over current varieties grown in the low rainfall northern Mallee environment. 

To evaluate effectiveness of commercially available inoculant products to increase nodulation in field pea. 

To demostrate the the imidazolinone and residual sulfonyl urea tolerance of 2 new breedling lines. 

To investigate the implications of sowing date, genotype and disease interactions of field pea.

To assess the impact of waterlogging damage on faba bean growth and grain yield.

Evaluate the potential to manage disease more sustainably in Faba beans through improving management guidelines that dissect the interaction between fungicide application timing and improved genetic resistance

To evalaute yield reponses of chickpea to deep ripping across the variable soil types encountered within Mallee paddocks