Rupanyup VIC trials

To evaluate the effectiveness of various strategies for managing foliar diseases in separate barley (Experiment 1) and wheat (Experiment 2) experiments using foliar and fertiliser applied fungicides.

To conduct a barley variety trial.

To compare different fungicides for control of blackleg.

To determine the ways in which different crop types influence available soil P and the P requirements of subsequently sown cereals

To increase grain protein (%) in wheat and barley by means of late applications of nitrogen (N) applied as UAN.

To investigate the effects of soil type and climate on the yield of commercial varieties and advanced breeding lines in Victoria and thereby assist in the selection of superior varieties for farmers in this state.

To investigate the yield potential of new chickpea lines with improved ascochyta blight resistance.

To answer the questions of whether applying a preventative spray regardless of conditions was good practice (i.e. does it help in controlling disease?) and was it cost effective?

To answer the questions of whether applying a preventative spray regardless of conditions was good practice (i.e. does it help in controlling disease?) and was it cost effective?

To establish a fungicide strategy to control spot form of net bllotch in Gairdner barley.

To investigate whether fertiliser granule size influences nutrient availability to plants.

To investigate whether fertiliser granule size influences nutrient availability to plants.

To compare soil P tests for predicting crop responses on a paddock scale.

To compare soil P tests for predicting crop responses on a paddock scale.

To compare the performance of current and potential new faba bean varieties in Victoria.

To determine the optimum time of windrowing for faba beans and compare this practice to direct heading.

To study fungicide control of Ascochyta rabiei in chickpeas.

To determine whether in the high rainfall areas of the Wimmera the use of growth regulators would be beneficial.

To ascertain the best herbicide options for new varieties: to compare Tyson as an existing desi chickpea to two new varieties: Howzat and ICCV96836.

To investigate in-crop nitrogen timing and product choice for wheat.

To answer the question 'Can we manage inputs in-crop that will yield well in a good season whilst also maintaining yields and keeping costs down in poorer seasons?'.

To assess grain protein following late applied foliar nitrogen at booting stage in wheat.

To look at canopy management and its integration with disease management principles in the different climates of southern Australia.

To determine whether highly zinc responsive crops such as faba beans and lentils would respond to additional zinc when grown on a paddock which has had a good zinc history.

To measure increases in grain protein in various barley varieties at flowering with different amounts of applied nitrogen.

To assess the impact of rhizobial inoculation on the performance of four different legumes: chickpeas, lentils, faba beans and peas in the Victorian Wimmera.

To investigate the effects of soil type and climate on the yield of commercial varieties and advanced breeding lines in Victoria and thereby assist in the selection of superior varieties fro farmers in this state.

To compare the performance of current and potential new lentil varieties in the Mallee and Wimmera regions of Victoria.

To investigate management options which reduce the risk of failure when growing wheat on wheat, or barley on wheat stubble.

Experiment 1: To investigate the suitability of new and pre-release winter wheat varieties to the Wimmera and Mallee and define their optimal time of sowing.
Experiment 2: To investigate the amount of rainfall required to establish an early sown winter wheat crop in the Wimmera and Mallee.

To investigate options for managing hostile subsoils.

To assess new and current varieties for thier tolerance to leaf rust.

To develop nitrogen management strategies that optimise the chance of achieving malt quality in Gairdner barley.

To measure: nitrous oxide fluxes in a wheat crop when different rates of nitrogenous urea fertiliser were applied. The effect on wheat yield and quality of applying fertiliser at zero, medium and high urea rates.

• To balance between maximising production, through the application of nitrogen, and quality, where one of the marketing factors is the level of soluble sugars, which are reduced through the application of nitrogen.
• To provide herbicide alternatives to Lontrel, that has been prohibited from use in export oaten hay crops due to residual presence of the herbicide in the stems and leaves.
• To provide best bet variety options.

To investigate phosphorus use efficiency in six crop types - barley, wheat, canola, lentils, faba beans and field peas. This is the third year of this BCG research.

To compare two soil phosphorus (P) tests (Diffusive Gradient Thin Films (DGT) and Colwell P) for their prediction of crop responses to applied-P in farmer paddocks.

To investigate the effects of seeding rates (plant density) on grain yield and quality in four barley varieties at three locations (Berriwillock, Birchip and Rupanyup).

To investigate the effects of seeding rates (plant density) on grain yield and quality for four wheat varieties at three locations (Berriwillock, Birchip and Rupanyup).

To report on the investigated the interaction between sowing date and sowing rate on the growth and yield of new lentil, field pea and chickpea cultivars. Information from these trials will form part of an agronomic package that will accompany the release of new cultivars.

To conduct an on-farm barley demonstration.

To conduct an on-farm barley demonstration.

To conduct a chickpea variety demonstration.

To conduct an on-farm wheat demonstration.

To investigate the effect of water rate and nozzle type on grass herbicide efficacy.

To try and determine what is good practice for weed control whilst minimising the potential for drift.

To try and determine what is good practice for weed control whilst minimising the potential for drift. 

To investigate the suitability of some emerging and current barley varieties for the region.

To investigate the suitability of some emerging and current varieties for the region.