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To evaluate the impact of fungicide choice and timing on management of Spot Form Net blotch in barley.
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To evaluate the impact of fungicide choice and timing on management of Spot Form Net.
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To investigate the effect of water rate and nozzle type on grass herbicide efficacy.
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To investigate the effect of water rate and nozzle type on grass herbicide efficacy.
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To evaluate Roundup CT and a range of additives as fallow initiation treatments.
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To test the efficacy of a range of droplet sizes on ryegrass seed heads using a commonly used desiccant herbicide (paraquat).
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To try and determine what is good practice for weed control whilst minimising the potential for drift.
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To try and determine what is good practice for weed control whilst minimising the potential for drift.
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The objective of this trial was to evaluate the knockdown efficiency of Spray.Seed with and without common tank mix ‘spikes’, at various rates, on the control of grass and broadleaf weeds including Roundup Ready canola volunteers.
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To see if herbicide strategies can be developed that will reduce the heavy reliance that growers in the Northern Agricultural Region now place on the key active pyrosulfatole, found in the products Velocity and Precept.
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To provide information for proper planning to generate time and machinery efficiencies, gain better weed control and make large financial savings.
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To determine the spread pattern from aerially applied baits.
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To test the concept of spreading sand on transient salinity “magnesia” patches to see if could be equally effective in improving the performance of heavy soils.
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To determine optimum nitrogen nutrient management for hyper-yielding spring canola and seek alternative nitrogen fertiliser to replace manure.
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To determine the optimal nutrient management strategy for achieving hyper-yielding spring canola.
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To determine the response of increased crop nutrition across a range of elite commercial canola varieties.
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To evaluate the performance of chick peas, faba beans, lupins and field peas under a spring sowing regime.
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Evaluate whether higher seeding rates are required for spring sown barley to increase head number and yield.
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Evaluate whether higher seeding rates are required for spring sown barley to increase head number and yield
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To compare several field pea, vetch, canola, triticale, oat, barley and wheat varieties for dry matter production and feed value. A further trial was included to determine the optimal densities of field pea/oat mixtures.
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To investigate the suitability as chickpeas as a spring sown crop in the high rainfall zone.
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To look at the potential yield of commonly grown varieties of barley and wheat sown in September, whilst comparing some different management strategies that might be adopted when sowing this late in the season:
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To identify whether there is an advantage in using deep ripping or shallow cultivation compared to direct drill to improve the ability of crops to utilize soil water at depth.
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To identify whether deep ripping and other soil treatments will result in an increase in spring water use by crops and therefore increased yields and improved grain quality.
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To identify whether there is an advantage in using deep ripping or shallow cultivation compared to direct drill to improve the ability of crops to utilize soil water at depth.
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To evaluate a number of varieties that are either commercially available or close to commercial release that may be suitable for the growing conditions of southern Victoria. This trial differs from other comparative crop variety testing in that it evaluates the varieties with a fungicide programme; to determine the yield response of the varieti… read more
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To evaluate a number of varieties that are either commercially available or close to commercial release that may be suitable for the growing conditions in south east Victoria.
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To evaluate a number of varieties that are either commercially available or close to commercial release that may be suitable for the growing conditions of southern Victoria.
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To evaluate new and existing yellow lupin varieties.
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To evaluate new and existing triticale varieties.
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To conduct an evaluation of new and existing chickpea varieties in a medium rainfall environment.
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To evaluate new and existing chickpea varieties.
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To evaluate new and existing chickpea varieties.
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To evaluate new and existing field pea varieties.
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To evaluate new and commonly grown lupin varieties in a low rainfall environment
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To evaluate new and existing lupin varieties.
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To evaluate new and commonly grown lupin varieties in a low rainfall environment.
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To evaluate new and existing lupin varieties.
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To evaluate new and existing lupin varieties.
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To evaluate new and existing lupin varieties.
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To evaluate new and existing udon noodle wheat varieties.
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To compare yellow lupin and angustifolius lupin varieties.
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Test the yield of different canola varieties
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To investigate the optimum nitrogen required for a high yielding canola crop based on a deep soil nitrate test.
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To determine the most effective herbicide for use on statice.
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To determine how long statice persists in the seedbank and to investigate the effect of crop and fallow rotations on statice control.
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To determine whether sowing direction influences wheat and barley grain yields in the southern grains region.
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To evaluate the efficacy of different foliar fungicides against stem rust in wheat.
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To evaluate the efficacy of different foliar fungicides and fundicide mixtures for the control of stem rust in wheat.
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To report on stem rust control trials in 2010.
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This trial was established to investigate current fungicide seed treatment options in cereals and compare these with EverGol Prime for Rhizoctonia control.
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By April 2026, growers on upper Eyre Peninsula will have local evidence of effective management to minimise seed set of barley grass in cropping systems.
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To report on investigations into the strategic use of tillage within no-till systems.
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To compare the economic and agronomic response between the paddock rotations of wheat on wheat, wheat on late pasture topping and wheat on chemical fallow. This investigation aims to identify winter fallowing as a low-risk rotational strategy for low rainfall cropping systems in the North and Eastern Wheatbelt region of Western Australia.
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To discuss strategies and tactics to extend whole-farm water-use efficiency - sow on-time or early!
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To investe options for reducing nitrous oxide emissions from dryland summer grain cropping in northern NSW.
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To report on the nitrous oxide (N2O) emission results from the 2014–15 grain sorghum trials, which aimed to optimise both nitrogen (N) rate and fertiliser N release to benefit crop production and reduce N2O emissions.
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To report on the nitrous oxide (N2O) emission results from the 2014–15 grain sorghum trials, which aimed to optimise both nitrogen (N) rate and fertiliser N release to benefit crop production and reduce N2O emissions.
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To report on the nitrous oxide (N2O) emission results from the 2014–15 grain sorghum trials, which aimed to optimise both nitrogen (N) rate and fertiliser N release to benefit crop production and reduce N2O emissions.
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To report the biomass, grain production, and gross margin results from sorghum grown in 2014−15 on plots where nitrogen (N) fertiliser was applied in 2013−14 and no additional N was applied to the current crop.
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To report on trials conducted in 2012–13 using 15N applied at three N rates (40, 120 and 200 kg N/ha) were reported previously, but those results are repeated here for comparison with more recent trial results.
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To conduct trials investigating stripe and stem rust – wheat variety performance.
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To discuss how to manage pests and diseases to optimise crop production whilst still managing costs.
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To assess the impact of (i) seed dressings, (ii) fungicide applied in furrow, and (iii) foliar applied fungicides on controlling stripe rust in two wheat varieties.
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To evaluate the efficacy and economic return of crop protection strategies to control Stripe Rust within the grain testing area Agzone 2.
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To discuss stripe rust management and varietal selection: 2004.
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To discuss stripe rust management in 2006.
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To investigate the feasability of using a low cost 'one-shot' option for the management of stripe rust in a Mallee environment.
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To review stripe rust management.
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The demonstrate the effects of increasing N fertiliser rates on harvest index and stubble N%.
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To investigate if stubble/seeding direction and management (plus or minus stubble) effects lentil growth and yield
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To investigate how differing summer farming practices influence stored water and how plant available water may influence grain yield potential and grain quality attributes in the low rainfall area in central NSW.
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To evaluate the impact of cereal stubble height on fallow water efficiency.
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To investigate the incorporation and breakdown of stubbles by adding nutrients.
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To determin the effect of grazing and burning stubbles on grain yield and quality in no-till and zero-till controlled traffic farming systems in SNSW.
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To develope regional guidelines and recommendations that assist growers and advisors to consistently retain stubbles profitably.
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This project aims to maintain the profitability of stubble retained systems by identifying key issues that are affecting the level of rofitability with growers, and then through utilising existing research and conducting locally specific trial and extension work assist growers to overcome these issues.
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To maintain the profitability of stubble retained systems by identifying key issues that are affecting the level of profitability with growers, and then through utilising existing research and conducting locally specific trial and extension work assist growers to overcome these
issues.
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To investigate the influence of stubble management and rate on the duration, severity and frost damage in frost prone parts of the landscape in the Mallee and Wimmera regions.
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To demonstrate the impact of different stubble management techniques on soil biota activity and nutrition demands would be monitored using the same fertiliser applications in crop and by comparing yields. In subsequent years the effect of different treatments will be monitored.
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To explore the issues that impact on the profitability of retaining stubbles across a range of environments in southern Australia with the aim of developing regional guidelines and recommendations that assist growers and advisors to consistently retain stubbles profitably.
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All four trials were aiming to evaluate what alternative stubble retention practices can be implemented into the cropping system, without
incurring yield penalty or significant cost to the grower.
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Over recent seasons adoption of stubble retention has plateaued in the Mallee and some growers are reducing the area of stubble retained until the next growing season. An experiment was undertaken to identify potential improvements in stubble management so this trend could be reversed. The experiment examined how different amounts and types of s… read more
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To investigate the impact of stubble on frost severity and duration.
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To quantify the impact of stubble on the severity and duration of frost through canopy temperature and grain yield.
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To determine the effect of stubble management (standing, slashed or burnt) on the crop safety of pre-sowing herbicides, and their efficacy against Group A-resistant annual ryegrass.
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To determine the nutrient loss from stubbles of various crop types following summer rainfall.
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To investigate the effects of sowing barley and peas into a wheat stubble (standing, slashed and burnt).
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To investigate the effects of sowing various crops into different stubble management techniques: burnt, burnt and worked, mulched, slashed and standing.
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Determine if there is an interaction between temperature and various rates of stubble and outline whether increased stubble loads change the severtiy and duration of frost.
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Determine if there is an interaction between temperature and various rates of stubble and outline whether increased stubble loads change the severtiy and duration of frost.
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To determine the effect of stubble type (wheat, peas and canola) and load (from Decile 2, 5 and 8
seasons) on subsequent soil and crop nutrition.