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To identify the optimum sowing time for establishment of sub-tropical grasses to the east of Eneabba.
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To compare agronomic factors on seven lupin varieties for yield and grain protein.
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To examine relationships between zinc sufficiency and tolerance to heat stress in wheat.
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To examine the interaction between Zn nutrition and heat stress on the photosynthetic activity and grain yield of wheat plants under both field and growth room conditions.
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Examine the interaction between zinc nutrition and heat stress on the photosynthetic activity and grain yield of wheat plants under both field and growth room conditions.
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To evaluate the crop safety and efficacy on annual ryegrass of soil-incorporated pre-emergent herbicides in dry and wet sowing conditions.
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To determine the effects on efficacy of adopting drift reduction agents and ultra coarse droplets.
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This study aimed to compare the efficacy of three different foliar fungicides in managing sclerotinia stem rot in canola.
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To report on strategies for improving zinc nutrition with zinc oxide fertilisers.
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To measure N2O losses from a wheat crop grown into vetch that was terminated via different end uses and to
measure the effect on wheat yield and quality.
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The main aims of this demonstration are to:
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To assess the effectiveness of a range of herbicides on a number of ryegrass populations throughout the ‘Liebe’ area with an ‘in situ’ method of resistance testing.
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Previous work in the Mallee has shown the EM38 technology has benefited farm profit. On that basis we have commenced a demonstration on the Minnipa Agricultural Centre to validate previous Mallee outcomes.
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To evaluate emerging and newly released medic, vetch and forage peas varieties for their ability to produce dry matter and nutritive value for stock in the Mallee and Wimmera environments.
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To use NGS technology to identify a broader range of pathogens present in the diseased roots.
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To test the practicality of increasing soil humic carbon on farm.
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To demonstrate the effect of seeder type and operation on the efficacy and safety of pre-emergent herbicides in barley.
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To test the range of enhanced efficiency nitrogen fertilisers (EENFs) and liquid fertiliser strategies.
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To assess the ability of some of the above techniques to significantly improve phosphorus fertiliser response.
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To assess whether phosphorus utilisation can be enhanced through the use of liquids, compound fertilisers and slow release coated fertiliser options.
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To develop a means of enhancing stubble breakdown using nutrient and microbial supplements prior to planting of the next crop.
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The aim of this investigation was to develop a means of enhancing stubble breakdown using nutrient supplements prior to planting of the next crop.
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To identify better perennial species than what is already available in low rainfall areas.
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To evaluate the efficacy of eNtrench as a nitrification stabiliser against current practise.
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To improve soil carbon through the incorporation of cereal stubbles with no impact on the subsequent canola crop.
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The GRDC project ‘Maintaining profitable farming systems with retained stubble - upper Eyre Peninsula’ aims to produce sustainable management guidelines to control pests, weeds and diseases while retaining stubble to maintain or improve soil health, and reduce exposure to wind erosion. The major outcome to be achieved is increased knowledge … read more
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The GRDC project ‘Maintaining profitable farming systems with retained stubble - upper Eyre Peninsula’ aims to produce sustainable management guidelines to control pests, weeds and diseases while retaining stubble to maintain or improve soil health, and reduce exposure to wind erosion. The major outcome to be achieved is increased knowledge … read more
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To measure comparative wheat yields in response to varying P applications on 2 soil types.
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To re-establish plant diversity on salt affected soils on a large farm scale trial using “seeded” clay balls.
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To evaluate the interaction between seeding systems and pre-emergence herbicides on the establishment of wheat, on two contrasting soil types.
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To provide a useful technique for estimating pasture legume seed reserved in paddocks.
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To provide localised data on optimum plant density for 6 different varieties of field peas.
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To investigate the follow-on effects of field peas, lupins and vetch on the next years crop of wheat.
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To provide localised data on the yield and quality response of released and near release wheat lines at Nyngan, Tottenham, Euabalong and Rankins Springs.
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To assess the value and place of grain legumes in a wheat rotation.
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To develop cropping rotations to include pulse crops.
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To compare EverGol Prime, Vibrance and Tripower to Baytan T for loose smut contol and to compare EverGol Prime to triazole seed treatments for Rhizoctonia suppression.
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There has been increasing interest from growers and agronomists in low rainfall farming regions to evaluate alternative break crop options to field peas. Field peas are generally well suited to low rainfall farming systems and have historically been the main pulse option for the upper Eyre Peninsula region. However, record high prices and new va… read more
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There has been increasing interest from growers and agronomists in low rainfall farming regions to evaluate alternative break crop options to field peas. Field peas are generally well suited to low rainfall farming systems and have historically been the main pulse option for the upper Eyre Peninsula region. However, relatively high prices, produ… read more
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To evaluate a range of seeding modifications or additions with the aim of improving crop establishment and yield on water repellent sandplain soil.
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To evaluate fungicide efficacy on Leaf Rust and Powdery Mildew in Baudin Barley.
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To test the effectiveness of the two different forms of nitrogen, two nitrogen timings and two nitrogen dressings on yield and grain quality.
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To identify suitable lucerne varieties for the Mallee and test if there are differences in establishment, persistence and production between them.
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To investigate various rates of liquid and granular nitrogen on wheat protein using precision agriculture tools.
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To understand the benefits of soil pH mapping and its interaction with other soil and crop mapsTo compare various layers of information (pH, elevation, EM-38, yield andsatellite imagery) for understanding paddock variability.
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To evaluate stripe rust management strategies for wheat in 2004 & 2005.
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To investigate the effectiveness of elemental sulphur in canola,
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To investigate the effectiveness of elemental sulphur in canola, what percentage of the applied sulphur can be applied as fine (less than 250 micron) elemental sulphur without loss of grain yield or oil content.
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To evaluate the cost effectiveness of strobilurin based fungicides on barley in the different climatic regions of southern Australia.
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To use PA maps to indentify and sample soil zones within a paddock. To investigate soil phosphorus levels in different soil types with a paddock. To see if altering fertiliser rates at sowing has an impact on grain yield.
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To evaluate the performance of crops (barley in 2009) when pasture cropped over different perennial species established on deep pale sands.
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To assess the competiveness of 18 commercial barley varieties for their capacity to suppress or out-compete weeds during the season.
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To predict the risk of PRR disease and potential yield losses in chickpea, and detect P. med inoculum in soil from commercial paddocks.
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To compare early sown dual purpose wheat, barley, triticale and oat varieties for dry matter (DM) production, feed quality, recovery from grazing and grain yield.
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To compare dry matter production, recovery and subsequent grain yield of 6 cereal varieties: wheat (Revenue), barley (Urambie, Henley and a French variety), triticale (Endeavour) and oats (Bass).
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To investiage the dry matter potential of several types of annual cover and also of annual species that may fit well.
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To assess the potential of medic pastures and compare the productivity and persistence of commercial varieties in the Birchip area.
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To compare 5 fertiliser application regimes commonly used in barley in a replicated trial.
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To assess dual purpose wheat, triticale and oat varieties for dry matter production, recovery from grazing and grain yield.
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The aim of this trial was to assess dual purpose wheat, triticale and oat varieties for dry matter production, recovery from grazing and grain yield.
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To assess dual purpose wheat, barley, triticale and oat varieties for DM production, recovery from grazing and grain yield. Given that cereals have different rates of DM production,
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To determine:
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To assess dual purpose wheat, barley, triticale and oat varieties for DM production, recovery from grazing and grain yield. A further aim was to compare dry matter and feed quality of cereals with a tetraploid annual ryegrass used for over‐winter grazing prior to seed production.
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• Which dual purpose varieties respond to Gippsland’s climatic conditions?
• Which new varieties may have commercialization potential?
• Which varieties are best suited to forage and feed grain production?
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To determine:
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The aims of this trial were to:
• Compare early sown dual purpose wheat, barley, triticale and oat varieties for DM production, feed quality, recovery from grazing and grain yield.
• Compare DM and feed quality of cereals with a tetraploid annual ryegrass used for over-winter grazing prior to seed production.
• Assess … read more
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To assess current wheat cultivars and breeding lines for dry matter production, recovery from grazing and grain yield.
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To evaluate the grain potential of European canola types, in particular long season winter types for their suitability to the high rainfall regions of southern Autralia.
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To evaluate forage varieties in a cropping system.
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To investigate using alternative crops in medium to high rainfall zone, and to collect more data to establish dry matter and production in these zones.
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To collect more data on dry matter and production figures for forage varieties.
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To investigate using alternative crops in medium to high rainfall zones.
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Following on from work by Seedmark PlantTech in 2008, there is investigation in using alternative crops in medium to high rainfall zones. It was determined that more data needed to be collected to establish dry matter and production in these zones.
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To evaluate new cultivars and provide productive alternatives for cropping rotations in HRZ regions which;
• Show how products can combine to improve outcome
• Provide High DM production- for grazing, hay or silage
• Allow alternative weed control methods e.g. competition, different herbicide groups
• Provid… read more
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To evaluate forage varieties in a cropping system.
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To conduct an evalutation of four zinc fertiliser sources in two soils.
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To compare several field pea and vetch varieties and triticale, oat and wheat varieties for dry matter production and feed value. A further trial examined optimal densities of field pea/cereal mixtures.
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To compare the productivity of herbicide tolerant canola varieties grown in the southern Mallee and northern Wimmera environments.
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To compare the effectiveness and cost of several pre and post emergent herbicides on the control of Silvergrass in Gairdner barley in a replicated trial.
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To determine what impact delaying the timing of N applications after growth stage 32 will have on wheat yield and protein, and whether there is an advantage of using solid or liquid fertiliser.
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To assess the potential of lentils in the Birchip area and compare the grain yield of commercial lentil varieties at Birchip.
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To conduct mungbean variety evaluation experiments to assess how effective new mungbean varieties for the Maquarie Valley were under irrigated conditions.
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Soybean variety evaluation experiments (in collaboration with more variety-specific agronomy experiments) at Trangie Agricultural Research Centre (Trangie ARC) were conducted for three consecutive summer seasons (2013–14, 2014–15 and 2015–16) to assess if new soybean varieties for the Macquarie Valley under irrigated conditions were a su… read more
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To identify alternative perennial legumes to lucerne suitable for incorporation within cropping systems, there are possibly at least 3 options adapted to areas within the Eyre Peninsula environment.
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To evaluate plant growth regulators currently used on canola in the UK.
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To evaluate plant growth regulators currently used on canola in the UK.
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To evaluate the performance of several different pre-emergent herbicides and their mixtures on brome infestation in barley.
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To evaluate the pulse crop options suitable for the district not only in terms of their profitability but in terms of their contribution to the performance of subsequent wheat crops.