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To evaluate the impact of Nitrogen, Phosphorus & Sulfur nutrition on yield and oil content of canola.
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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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Veggie mix is a product formulated by nutrian specifically for use in horticulture. This trial aimed to mimic results acheived for fruiting in vegetable crops across into brassica broadacre crops.
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To determine the optimum management of canola plant type and phenology when sown earlier than traditional sowing time (25 April). To assess the response of canola varieties to high and low application rates of N on grain yield and grain quality.
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To evaluate options to manage risk in canola crops without yield penalty, such as:
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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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This trial compared 10 different nitrogen strategies consisting of a number products, rate and timings to determine the optimal strategy
for the site and season.
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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 characterise wheat and barley cultivar sensitivities to commonly used herbicides and tank mixes over several growing seasons and highlight potential yield losses resulting from in-corp herbicide use.
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To evaluate the feed response of barley and oats to two different N rates applied at sowing and post-sowing, and the economic returns from sheep production.
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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 evaluate how new and existing wheat and barley varieties respond to grazing and post-grazing nitrogen (N) application rates.
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To explore chaff cart benefits in a mixed system
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On the upper Eyre Peninsula (UEP), highly calcareous soils constitute a high proportion (more than 1 million hectares) of soils used for agricultural production (Bertrand et al. 2000, Bertrand et al. 2003). The website ‘Yield Gap Australia’ (http://yieldgapaustralia.com.au/maps/) identifies that the average grain yield on W… read more
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To investigate variety specific responses to applied N.
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To demonstrate the effect of inoculating chickpeas.
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To determine
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To compare chickpea genotypes for their susceptibility to zinc deficiency and to identify some plant characteristics that are related to zinc efficiency in different genotypes.
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To evaluate the impact of Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium, Sulfur and Zinc nutrition in chickpeas.
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To evaluate the impact of Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium, Sulfur & Zinc nutrition in chickpeas.
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To evaluate the impact of Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium, Sulfur & Zinc nutrition in chickpeas.
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To evaluate a range of varieties and advanced PBA breeding lines.
Phytophthora medicaginis, the cause of phytophthora root rot (PRR) of chickpea is endemic and widespread in southern QLD and northern NSW, where it carries over from season to season on infected chickpea volunteers, lucerne, native medics and as resistant structures (oo… read more
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To compare a range of inoculant products on chickpea root nodulation, yield and nitrogen (N) fixing ability.
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To identify nutrient inputs that will improve growth and yield of chickpea on the variable soil types encountered in Mallee paddocks.
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To determine if the livestock carrying capacity of pastures in the Eastern Wheatbelt of Western Australia, including those on mildly saline soil, can be increased by replacing native ryegrass with the Safeguard variety of ryegrass.
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To determine if the livestock carrying capacity of pastures in the eastern Wheatbelt of Western Australia, including those on mildly saline soil, can be increased by replacing native ryegrass with the Safeguard variety of ryegrass.
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To evaluate the individual and combined effects of two growth regulators, Cycocel (Chlormequat) and Moddus (Trinexapac-ethyl) on lodging, yield and yield parameters. Nitrogen and gibberellic acid treatments were also included to investigate their impacts on lodging.
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The objective of this trial is to test the effectiveness of the two different forms of nitrogen, two nitrogen timings and two nitrogen
timings and two nitrogen dressings on yield and grain quality.
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This trial aims to test the effectiveness of various granular and liquid nitrogen products, two nitrogen timings and two nitrogen dressings on yield and grain quality.
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1. Assess the potential yield loss/gains when increasing the seed row width for the benefits of subsequent inter‐row (no‐till) cropping;
2. To determine if nitrogen application efficiency can be increased in wider row spacing by applying the nitrogen either as an up front or in crop treatment;
3. To assess the varietal yield re… read more
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To measure the impacts of brown manure peas on nitrogen fixation, moisture conservation, weed control and yield compared to a traditional long fallow system.
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1. Compare the efficacy of Aviator Xpro to commercial standards for sclerotinia control.
2. Compare yield and $return on investment/ha ($ROI/ha)
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This research determines to assess the benefits (economic and environmental) of a green manure phase under current cropping systems in areas with a poor nutritional status.
To evaluate crop types and incorporation techniques to rejuvenate poor performing soils using a green manure phase, as well as to identify and evaluate the potent… read more
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To compare grass herbicides alone and in comparison with common broadleaf herbicides.
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To capture how different pasture systems are performing.
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To compare the crop effect of two formulations of trifluralin – Triflur 480 (480 g/L active ingredient) and Crew (330 g/L active ingredient with slow release formulation). The work also included a demonstration of crop effect of trifluralin under dry- and wet sowing conditions.
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To compare the competitive nature of wheat and barley sown at different row spacing and seeding rates on grass weed competition.
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To compare the competitive nature of wheat and barley sown at different row spacing and seeding rates on grass weed competition.
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To investigate the use of competitive crops to reduce weeds.
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To quantify how paddock stubble load and weed burden during summer can affect available soil water, nutrients and subsequent crop yield.
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To quantify how paddock stubble load and weed burden during summer can affect available soil water, nutrients and subsequent crop yield.
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To determine if various farm management techniques improve the storage of out-of-season rainfall and whether this leads to improvements in crop growth and/or yield.
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To determine if various farm management techniques improve the storage of out-of-season rainfall and whether this leads to improvements in yield.
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To quantify the relative effects of different mechanisms of zinc efficiency in bread wheat.
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Barley grass is becoming an increasingly problematic weed in Western Australia. A GRDC funded project sought to increase the adoption of integrated weed management tactics for barley grass, by working with grower groups to develop regionally appropriate rotations for optimal control.
A survey indicated that growers in the southern lake… read more
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Barley grass is becoming an increasingly problematic weed in Western Australia. A GRDC funded project sought to increase adoption of integrated weed management tactics for barley grass, by working with grower groups to develop regionally appropriate rotations for optimal control.
A survey indicated that in growers in the northern wheat… read more
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To determine the most effective herbicides for controlling Flaxleaf fleabane (Conyza bonariensis).
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To assess the ryegrass control ability of crop rotation, in combination with pre- and post- emergent herbicides.
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To investigate the use of foliar applied copper to correct copper deficiency in wheat.
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This project aimed to explore different management strategies to overcome copper deficiency in cereals. The project compared the effectiveness of copper sulfate and copper chelate applied either as liquids banded at seeding or as a foliar spray. The project also evaluated the effect of different timings of application of the foliar sprays and th… read more
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Copper, Zinc and nitrogen required for maximum grain yield of barley following clover ley grown on new light land at Indarra
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Copper, Zinc and nitrogen required for maximum grain yield of wheat following clover ley grown on brown sand loam at Kalannie
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Copper, Zinc and nitrogen required for maximum grain yield of wheat following clover ley grown on sand 15 -30 cm) over orange brown sandy clay at Newdegate demonstration farm.
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Copper, Zinc and nitrogen required for maximum grain yield of wheat following clover ley grown on orange brown gravellysand over consolidated ironstone
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Copper, Zinc and nitrogen required for maximum grain yield of wheat following clover ley grown on yellow acidic sand "wodgil" at Hyden
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Copper, Zinc and nitrogen required for maximum grain yield of wheat following clover ley grown on brown gravelly loamy sand over consolidated ironstone
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Copper, Zinc and nitrogen required for maximum grain yield of wheat following clover ley at Dandaragan.
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Copper, Zinc and nitrogen required for maximum grain yield of wheat following clover ley at Esperance Plain Research Station.
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Copper, Zinc and nitrogen required for maximum grain yield of wheat following clover ley at Kellerberrin
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Copper, Zinc and nitrogen required for maximum grain yield of wheat following clover ley grown on orange brown gravellysand over consolidated ironstone
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Copper, Zinc and nitrogen required for maximum grain yield of wheat following clover ley at Dandaragan.
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Copper, Zinc and nitrogen required for maximum grain yield of wheat following clover ley grown on sand 15 -30 cm) over orange brown sandy clay at Newdegate demonstration farm.
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Copper, Zinc and nitrogen required for maximum grain yield of wheat grown on yellow sand following clover ley at Ardath
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Copper, Zinc and nitrogen required for maximum grain yield of wheat following clover ley at Wongan hills Station.
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To investigate the efficiencies of CoRoN, a slow release liquid nitrogen source, on Emu Rock wheat at flag leaf emergence
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To test methods for alleviating zinc deficiency in wheat.
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To assess the financial consequences of changing farming systems and inputs, specifically investigating the impact of changing break crop type and reduced fertiliser inputs on subsequent wheat yields and longer term profitability.
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To test if wheat can be successfully grown after wheat and canola and to assess if wheat was the best crop to grow.
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To test if wheat can be successfully grown after wheat and canola and to assess if wheat was the best crop to grow.
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To test if wheat can be successfully grown after wheat and canola and to assess if wheat was the best crop to grow.
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To investigate the merit of fodder crops in the crop rotation, with particular interest in weed control, nitrogen and gross margin.
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To investigate the crop safety of new products Boxer Gold (Syngenta) and Crusader (Dow).
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To quantify the agronomic benefits that break crops can provide in Mallee cropping rotations so that farmers can be confident of the long term benefits of more diverse crop sequences.
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To determine the influence of break sequences (2011-2012) followed by consecutive wheat crops (2013-2014) on soil water, nitrogen, brome grass populations and profitability.
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This paper reports results from previous reserach and some recent findings on inputs on fixed N2 by different legumes routinely measured. The project examines the effect of legumes or canola break crops on subsequent cereal productivity in cereal-dominated cropping systems.
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To explore rotational options for the South East region with the aim of improving yield and water use efficiency of these and subsequent wheat crops.
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To explore rotational options for the South-East region with the aim of improving yield and water use efficiency of these, and subsequent crops.
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To achieve quantitative and measurable improvements in crop production, farm profitability and resource condition by appropriate crop sequencing within five years.
To facilitate capacity building and empowerment of the agricultural community across the region to participate in RD&E, access information and training and benefit from the … read more
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To answer three key questions:
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The project aimed to answer three key questions:
1. Can a break crop be as profitable as a cereal?
2. Are crop sequences including break crops more profitable than continuous wheat? and
3. What effects do break crops have on soil nitrogen availability?
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To increase water use efficiency of these crops and the subsequent cereal crops.
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To compare the performance of 3 seeding systems and 2 nutrition strategies. This is a rotation trial to assess the longer term effects of seeding systems and higher fertiliser input systems.
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To compare the performance of 3 seeding systems and 2 nutrition strategies. This is a rotation trial to assess the longer term effects of seeding systems and higher fertiliser input systems.
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To compare the performance of 3 seeding systems and 2 nutrition strategies. This is a rotation trial (funded by SAGIT) to assess the longer term effects of seeding systems and higher fertiliser input systems.
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To evaulate the nitrogen fixing capacity of various legume species grown on Kangaroo Island.
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To monitor moisture retention and nitrogen accumulation under cultivated and chemical fallow regimes.
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This project is being carried out in the Upper South-East region to assess various Decision Support Tools and the role that they can play in improving the uptake of conservation tillage, and more efficient nitrogen management. It aims to look at 2 different “Decision Support Tools”; Yield Prophet – a computer model, and Soil Moisture p… read more
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Toreport on decisions used by NSW grains industry advisers to determine nitrogen fertiliser management recommendations.
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A survey was conducted to improve our understanding of how advisers make decisions relating to field crop N nutrition in order to
better target assistance to Australian grain growers and their advisers to reduce the uncertainty and financial risk associated with N management.
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To motivate growers to carry out direct problem diagnostics in their crops using:
To develop a protocol for setting up strip tes… read more
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To provide growers and advisers with a better understanding of the benefits of deep ripping and in particular depth of deep ripping required to optimise crop yield and profit.
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To provide growers and advisers with a better understanding of the benefits of deep ripping and in particular depth of deep ripping required to optimise crop yield and profit.