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To explore bean varieties.
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This app was developed for weather-based irrigation scheduling using a crop coefficient (Kc) estimated from satellite observations and reference crop evapotranspiration (ETo) estimated from scientific information for landowners (SILO) grids (Jeffery et al. 2001).
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To determine if inclusion of Bentonite clay improves crop yields on sandy soils.
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To determine if the inclusion of Bentonite clay improves crop yields on non-wetting sandy soils and their ability to store more carbon.
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Compare varying rates of N on wheat after applying BEST TM21 against a control area of no post nitrogen application.
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To improve the long term control of Rhizoctonia by increasing the understanding of the interactions between disease inoculum and natural soil suppressive activity and to improve the prediction and management of disease.
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To demonstrate if there are any benefits of applying biochar to increase crop and pasture production in the West Midlands
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To investigate the possibility of reducing the inoculum of Fusarium graminearum in wheat stubble by spraying the stubble with spores of a harmless fungus, Trichoderma species, in order to control the disease.
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The trial purpose was to compare seed dressing and foliar application of Bioprime using granular and liquid fertilisers.
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To compare different fungicides for control of blackleg.
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To assess wether field pea breeding advancements in resistance to blackspot are significant enough to allow management changes to sowing time in this crop.
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To report on blackspot manager – release of blackspot spores from pea stubbles.
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To examine boosting pulse crop performance on acidic soils.
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To investigate the bio-fumigation effects of canola dn mustard varieties on root disease and a number of crop varieties.
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To develop varieties of Brassica carinata that are more specifically adapted to Australian conditions to enable commercial quantities of biojet and biodiesel fuels to be produced. This project focuses on genetic selection, adoption and scale-up within Australia.
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To determine the ways in which different crop types influence available soil P and the P requirements of subsequently sown cereals
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To consider the activities and practices of those farmers with a long term track record of achieving above average results.
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To compare current released varieties at two locations on Eyre Peninsula, plus a demonstration at Penong.
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To identify the best break crop options for different climate, soil type and biotic stress situations within major cropping regions of the southern low rainfall zone.
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To investigate whether a break crop can be used to manage weeds.
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To challenge this notion, and to examine the impacts of break crops on the longer-term financial performance of following wheat crops.
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Although cereal-intensive cropping has been demonstrated to be productive in the Mallee, there are situations where grass weeds, disease and high fertiliser costs may necessitate a break crop option. This trial was designed to evaluate the effect of a range of break crops and pasture over a range of mallee soils over 3 years of subsequent wheat.… read more
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To identify low-risk, profitable break crops for the mallee regions and quantify their benefits to subsequent wheat crops.
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To identify low risk, profitable break crops and end-uses for the Mallee region and quantify their benefits to subsequent wheat crops.
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To identify low risk, profitable break crops and end-uses for the Mallee region, and quantify their benefits to subsequent wheat crops.
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To identify low risk, profitable break crops and end-uses for the Mallee region, and quantify their benefits to subsequent wheat crops.
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To conduct an on-farm chick-pea demonstration.
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To determine whether broad bean plant architecture (PBA Kareema) can be manipulated with the use of chemicals or agronomic management practices
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To explore broad bean canopy management
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This trial was initiated at the request of growers, to screen alternative post-emergent herbicides that may be effective in controlling weeds in this crop in the future.
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To evaluate in-crop options for Tribulus spp. control.
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To evaluate in-crop options for Tribulus spp. control.
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To determine the most cost effective herbicide in wheat (Meering) to control the most common weeds found in the southern Mallee/northern Wimmera.
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To evaluate herbicide options for difficult to control weeds in chickpeas.
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To evaluate herbicide options for difficult to control weeds in chickpeas.
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To determine the best technique for controlling brome grass in wheat and barley.
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To compare the grass weed control of various herbicides and compare crop safety and grain yield on wheat at Penong and barley at Mangalo.
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To evaluate a range of herbicide combinations for controlling brome grass in lentils.
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To compare control options for Brome grass in wheat and barley.
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To investigate selection of the right rotation and herbicide strategy for brome grass management.
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To quantify how much brome grass seed was retained on plants at different times of harvest.
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To investigate the threshold temperatures to kill weed seeds, and the temperatures achieved when burning crop residues in various formats to faciliate weed seed control of problematic weeds in low rainfall cropping systems.
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Investigate the effect of row spacing up to 66cm in two hybrid varieties at two different seeding rates to determine if row spacing or plant density can ameliorate the effect of sclerotinia stem rot, with or without fungicide application.
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To compare the productivity and profitability of cropping in the presence of a background of herbicide resistant ryegrass, and to assess the implications of various low or high input grass control options applied to wheat and break crops on production costs and ryegrass management.
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To determine which ameliorant practice is the most effective and economic in remediating subsoil acidity at depth.
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To present actual farming results from a large cropping program in the Condobolin area in central NSW.
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To identify key ingredients of agronomic packages that deliver high yielding wheat crops with good quality in the Parndana environment.
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To investigate the quesion 'Can we reduce our P inputs?’
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To answer the question: can you affod to lime?
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To study the effect of a 1994 canola stubble on a subsequent wheat cop, and was compared against a 1994 chickpea stubble.
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To determine whether the chemical 'Cultar' was effective at reducing the lodging tendency of canola and to measure the effect on yield and oil content.
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To test a range of early maturing canola cultivars.
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To test the effectiveness of broadcasting canola into wheat stubble as a method of establishing a canola crop
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The aim of the trial was to determine the effect of growth regulators on crop height, grain yield and oil content of canola.
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To investigate:
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To discuss how to minimise risk while maximising yields.
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To investigate the effect of nutrition and disease management on canola yield and quality at Westmere in 2014.
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To determine the effect of plant growth regulators on irrigated canola.
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To evaluate options to manage risk in canola crops without yield penalty, such as:
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To evaluate a number of seed dressings in canola.
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To control weeds without compromising crop yield.
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To investigate the level of damage that may occur from clethodim applications and what factors might influence the degree of damage, over two seasons
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To comment on canola varieties for 2008.
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To evaluate different canola varieties for yield and grain quality.
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This trial compares a number of varieties that are either commercially available or close to commercial release that are potentially
suitable for growing in southern Victoria.
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The canola variety trial at Inverleigh compares a number of commercially available Triazine Tolerant and Clearfield canola varieties.
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This trial had the objective of examining how different crop canopies influenced the need for disease control in winter wheat.
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The aim of these experiments is to examine how tillage intensity influences allocation and stabilisation (storage) of newly assimilated C in canola crop-soil and wheat crop-soil systems at Wagga Wagga and Condobolin.
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An objective of this research was to create a water balance model for white clover seed production. In conjunction with the water balance investigation, determination of $return/ML applied to assess water use efficiency would be studied. Overlaying this research was the aim of assessing current, as well as historical, impacts of irrigation manag… read more
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To compare four locally grown wheat varieties at district practice and high seeding rates to assess their influence on reducing the impact of ryegrass in the whole farming system.
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To investigate the effect of Barley Yellow Dwarf virus on wheat and also to determine teh effect of different fungicide optionson leaf diseases on wheat.
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To assess the impact of BYDV on wheat yield and also the effect of a range of fungicide treatments on wheat yield during 2009.
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To investigate some options in trial work in relation to sowing cereal on cereal and review farmers' experience with cereal on cereal.
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To investigate some options in trial work in relation to sowing cereal on cereal and review farmers' experience with cereal on cereal.
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To investigate the impact of On-Duty residues, both in the presence and absence of an in-season Glean application, on the subsequent wheat or barley crop and in doing so test for varietal tolerance differences.
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To examine the effect of increasing inputs for crop varieties representing APW wheat, oats, triticale and a new wheat investigating the prospects for ethanol production from wheat, on profitability for growers on a sandy soil with a highly acidic subsoil in the Liebe Group area.
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To investigate the impact that stubble treatments (burning, cultivation, harrowed/flattened or standing stubble) imposed towards the end of the fallow have on the yield of winter crops.
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To present the Cereal Variety Disease Guide for 2011.
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To provide a cereal variety disease guide for 2012.
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To explore chaff cart benefits in a mixed system
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To determine the level of herbicide resistance to selective in-crop herbicides in annual ryegrass across western Victoria using random weed surveys.
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To assess the effects of physical (spading), chemical (fertiliser) and biological (compost) treatments on soil organic carbon (SOC) in relation to changes in long term crop yields and quality.
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To observe the early growth and establishment of wheat as well as final yield when seed was treated with Rancona C compared to other products or the untreated.
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To economically, increase cereal crop yields on poor performing sand rises incorporating chicken manure at sowing in the in cropping paddocks.
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To assess the optimum fungicide management strategy for new varieties of chickpea.
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