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To evaluate the effect of sowing date on phenology and grain yield of 12 canola varieties ranging from long to short season phenology types.
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To assess the performance of 16 commercially available barley varieties sown on three dates at the Condobolin Agricultural Research and Advisory Station in 2017
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To examine the effect of sowing date on yield and quality of twenty barley varieties.
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This experiment is one in a series of nitrogen experiments aimed at establishing variety responses to different nitrogen application rates and timings.
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Varieties can differ in their ability to yield at various sowing dates. The same goes for their response to various rates of nitrogen and how they turn that nitrogen into yield and protein. This trial was designed to measure the influence of sowing date and nitrogen rate across six common wheat varieties.
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To determine which management factors for canola improved the efficiency of using stored water.
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This experiment investigated the effect of time of sowing (TOS) on grain yield of 32 new and current wheat varieties in the low rainfall region of central western NSW.
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This field trial was undertaken at Mallala (SA) to investigate factorial combinations of sowing time, seed rate and herbicides on the management of brome grass in wheat.
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This field trial at Riverton was undertaken to investigate factorial combinations of sowing time, seed rate and herbicides on the management of brome grass in wheat.
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Change in sowing time can have multiple effects on crop-weed competition. Delayed sowing can provide opportunities to kill greater proportion of weed seedbank before seeding the crop, but weeds that establish in late sown crops can be more competitive on a per plant basis. This is one of reasons why farmers who have adopted early seeding have re… read more
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Investigate the impact of sowing time, seed rate and herbicide treatments on the management of annual ryegrass in barley in a low rainfall environment.
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To investigate the impact of integration of sowing time and seed rate of barley with pre-emergent herbicides on ryegrass density and seed production as well as on barley grain yield.
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To investigate factorial combinations of sowing time, seed rate and herbicides on the management of annual ryegrass in wheat.
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To investigate factorial combinations of sowing time, seed rate and herbicides on the management of annual ryegrass in wheat.
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To investigate the effects of combinations of canola sowing time, variety, seed rate and herbicides on brome grass management.
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To investigate the impact of integration of sowing time and seed rate of barley with pre-emergent herbicides on brome grass density and seed production as well as on barley grain yield.
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To investigate combinations of faba bean sowing time, seed rate and herbicide treatments for the control annual ryegrass (ARG).
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To compare grain yield and grain quality of a mid-late maturing variety (Trojan) and two early-mid season maturing varieties (Mace and Scepter).
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This field trial at Frances was undertaken to investigate factorial combinations of sowing time, seed rate and herbicides on the management of annual ryegrass in barley.
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To look at the combination of four phosphorus rates (0, 9, 18 and 36kg P/ha applied via triple superphosphate) and five nitrogen rates (zero, 20, 40, 80 and 160kg N/ha applied via urea) as well as two nitrogen timings, at sowing and top-dressed.
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To assess whether applying fluid fungicides in bands at sowing has potential for managing crown rot.
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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 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 demonstrate the effect of seeder type and operation on the efficacy and safety of pre-emergent herbicides in barley.
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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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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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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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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 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 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 compare 5 fertiliser application regimes commonly used in barley in a replicated trial.
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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 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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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 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 evaluate forage varieties in a cropping system.
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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 assess the potential of lentils in the Birchip area and compare the grain yield of commercial lentil varieties at Birchip.
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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 evaluate the potential of novel slower developing barley varieties to increase profitability in the higher rainfall zones of SA.
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To evaluate sub clover varieties in a cropping system.
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To determine the impact of Rancona Dimension on yield loss from CR infection across sites in the northern region.
Crown rot, caused predominantly by the fungus Fusarium pseudograminearum is a significant disease of winter cereal crops in the northern NSW and southern Qld. Rancona® Dimension (ipconazole + metalaxyl) was recently reg… read more
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To study the efficiency that summer fallow rainfall was stored for the following winter crop by measureing it at 9 sites in the Parkes and Forbes district during the 2007/08 summer fallow period.
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The background and objectives for this trial are identical to those set out for the MacKellar trial, though the variety Kellalac gives the opportunity of looking at the influence of plant population, nitrogen timing and nitrogen rate on a spring APW wheat as opposed to a winter feed wheat.
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To quantify the level and effects of sub-clover root disease in pastures across the south-east region of South Australia. It aims to understand the production and economic impact of root disease and, through the evaluation of chemical and cultural control methods, establish cost-effective solutions to manage these diseases.
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To quantify the level and effects of sub-clover root disease in pastures across the south-east region of South Australia.It aims to understand the production and economic impact of root disease and, through the evaluation of chemical and cultural control
methods, establish cost-effective solutions to manage these diseases.
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The project aims to quantify the level and effects of sub-clover root disease in pastures across the south-east region of South Australia.
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To assess varietal resistance in Southern Australian germplasm
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To explore variety tolerance of eyespot in commercial varieties.
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To provide growers with information which will reduce losses due to eyespot by improving our understanding of:
• Resistance responses of commercial cultivars and breeders’ lines to eyespot.
• Yield losses due to eyespot in cultivars with different resistance rankings for eyespot.
• The effectiveness of delayed fungic… read more
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To report on a series of articles are from trials undertaken in 2011 on the three focus sites or funded via the
EPFS 3 project.
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To assist farmers to understand what their land is capable of producing under a range of conditions and how to tailor inputs to get the most profitable outcomes.
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To improve the understanding of optimum sowing time by variety to help maximise yields in different environments.
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To expand knowledge on pulses and increase the use of them in the southern region
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To investigate the adaptability of a range of field pea varieties to varying sowing dates, crop topping and disease control.
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To maximise production advantages of new faba bean varieties through the development of appropriate disease management strategies.
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To study the effect of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) application separately and in combination on the growth and yield of faba bean.
This experiment aimed to study the effect of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) application separately and in combination on the growth and yield of faba bean. A small amount of N at sowing might improve y… read more
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To compare growth, development and yield of current commercial faba bean varieties and advanced breeding lines sown on two dates on a brown clay loam at Lockhart southern NSW.
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To compare growth, development and yield of current commercial faba bean varieties and advanced breeding lines sown on three dates on a red brown–earth at Wagga Wagga in southern NSW.
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To test the adaptability of faba beans to changes in sowing date and plant density in the Victorian high rainfall zone (HRZ).
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To compare the growth, development and yield of current commercial faba bean varieties and advanced breeding lines at two sowing times at June reefs in Southern NSW.
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To compare the growth, development and yield of current commercial faba bean varieties and advanced breeding lines on two sowing dates at Lockhart in Southern NSW.
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To compare the growth, development and yield of current commercial faba bean varieties and promising advanced breeding lines at three sowing dates on a hard-setting, acidic, red brown soil at Wagga Wagga.
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To compare growth, development and yield of current commercial faba bean varieties and advancing breeding lines at three times of sowing (TOS) at Wagga Wagga.
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To report on faba bean time of sowing x plant density x row spacing at Tarlee, Mid North, SA.
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To determine appropriate sowing dates and densities of new faba bean varieties in the South East of SA, and quantify effect of various crop-top timings on yield of commercial cultivars.
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To test the response of two common faba bean varieties to changes in plant density in the Victorian high rainfall zone (HRZ).
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To report on the faba bean variety trial at Hamilton.
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To compare the effect of rhizobia strains and application rate on the nodulation, biomass, grain yield and grain quality of faba beans grown in suboptimal (acidic and high salinity) soil conditions.
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To investigate the adaptability of a range of faba bean varieties and breeding lines to different plant densities and fungicide programs.
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To evaluate the optimum sowing rate for different faba bean varieties sown in spring.
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To promote early vigour to improve biomass and yield partitioning in faba bean.
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To investigate the response of faba bean to application of macro and micro-nutrients.
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To evaluate the effects of timing of potassium application on growth and vigor of faba bean.
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To evaluate the effectiveness of fungicide seed dressings and in-furrow treatments against cercospora leaf spot in faba bean.
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To evaluate the optimum rate and time of sowing for PBA Samira faba beans for increased yield and profitability.
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To evaluate the adaptability of flowering time and yield of various faba bean varieties.
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To evaluate the adaptability of faba bean cultivars to spring sowing in the Victorian HRZ.
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To invesigate the tolerance of a newly released faba bean variety PBA Bendoc to post sowing pre-emergence (PSPE) and in-crop application timings of Group B herbicides in comparison with PBA Samira.
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The Grain and Graze program was keen to test the findings from extensive trial work with a group of farmers to see if the theories of grazing cereals provided the desired response under a range of conditions and farming situations. The financial gain from the exercise was also calculated.
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To demonstrate and assess the value of sowing into cereals
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To demonstrate six different seeding machine set-ups sowing in stubble. This demonstration was used to compare different set-ups across two different rates of triflualin at a number of different sowing speeds.
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To update information on livestock ad the Farming Systems site.
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To investigate the management, sustainability and profitability of a range of farming systems.
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To report on the Farming Systems trial 2006.