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The Australian Soybean Breeding Program develops varieties for diverse production environments across a 3000 km range from the Atherton Tablelands in far north Queensland (Latitude 17.2661°S, Longitude 145.4859°E) to the Riverina in southern New South Wales (Latitude 29.7503°S, Longitude 120.5530°E).
The program focuses on strateg… read more
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The Australian Soybean Breeding Program develops varieties for diverse production environments across a 3000 km range from the Atherton Tablelands in far north Queensland (Latitude 17.2661°S, Longitude 145.4859°E) to the Riverina in southern New South Wales (Latitude 29.7503°S, Longitude 120.5530°E). T
he program focuses on strate… read more
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To present a summary of data from multi-season replicated evaluations and on-farm experiments of Richmond, a new variety for production in northern New South Wales.
The Australian Soybean Breeding Program develops varieties for diverse production
environments across a 3000 km range from the Atherton Tablelands in far north Que… read more
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To report on new barley varieties and management.
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To demonstrate newly available fungicide products in comparison to existing standards.
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To evaluate the efficacy of new actives in disease control and yield benefits in low (Minnipa, upper Eyre Peninsula) and medium (Hart, Mid-North) rainfall zones in South Australia
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To evaluate the efficacy of new actives in disease control and yield benefits in low (Minnipa, upper Eyre Peninsula) and medium (Hart, Mid-North) rainfall zones in South Australia
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To assess the logistical advantages and crop safety of resin coated urea relative to standard urea for use in WA agriculture.
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To determine the best nitrogen and sulphur strategy for wheat grown on sandy soils in the Mallee with a full profile of moisture and a forecast El Nino.
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To determine the relationship between alternative break crops and root disease.
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To determine the amount of N contributed by a faba bean crop in the following season.
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To strengthen our knowledge on seasonal changes in the (1) biological value of stubble (2) mineralisation: immobilisation balance (ratio) and (3) the direct supply of N from stubble to crops as influenced by stubble management.
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To investigate how different N management strategies affect growth, yield and WUE under different water regimes.
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To compare up front applications of N with a split application of N, as well as the efficiency of foliar N compared to granular N.
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This trial is investigating the uptake by wheat of different nitrogen fertilisers.
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To assess the impact of applying additional Nitrogen at different rates and timings on the grain yield of Bolac wheat.
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To assess the impact of applying additional nitrogen at different rates and timings on grain yield of wheat
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To test the applicability of the South Australian 'Slide rule' type of arrangement whereby nitrogen requirement of a cereal crop can be quickly estimated before sowing in the Victorian southern Mallee and northern Wimmera.
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To compare the effects of different nitrogen rates and soil types on wheat production and to extend information to local growers and identify where savings can be made.
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To test the nitrogen response in different electromagnetic (EM) zones of the paddock.
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To determine the effect of N rate on the yield and grain quality of eight popular bread wheat varieties at Coolah in central NSW in 2015.
Nitrogen (N) is the nutrient most required by wheat. It is essential for growth and development, and yield and grain protein levels. In recent seasons in Central West NSW there has been a significa… read more
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To determine the effect of N rate on the yield and grain quality of eight popular bread wheat varieties at Gilgandra in central NSW in 2015.
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To compare the optimum rate and timing of nitrogen applications (Flexi-N) for the yield and quality of Wyalkatchem wheat and Baudin barley.
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To evaluate the influence of plant population, row spacing and nitrogen rate on nitrogen use efficiency (NUE), dry matter production, grain yield and harvest index in grain maize.
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To evaluate the influence of plant population on nitrogen use efficiency (NUE), dry matter production, grain yield and harvest index in grain maize.
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To evaluate the influence of different rates and timings of 46 %N prilled urea applied N prior to later applications of liquid N applied as fertigation applied in grain maize.
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To evaluate nitrogen use efficiency in grain maize under different rates and of applied N fertiliser applied at sowing and at V6 as urea (46% N).
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To evaluate nitrogen use efficiency in grain maize under different rates and of applied N fertiliser applied as pre drill urea (46% N) prior to fertigation with an overhead lateral.
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To evaluate the influence of different rates and timings of 46 %N prilled urea applied N prior to later applications of liquid N applied as fertigation applied in grain maize.
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To determine the effect of sowing rate, nitrogen fertiliser rate and timing on wheat and barley crop establishment, tiller production, head counts at harvest, grain yield and grain quality.
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To assess the effect of sulphur on tiller numbers, grain yield and quality when combined with in-crop nitrogen.
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To measure: nitrous oxide fluxes in a wheat crop when different rates of nitrogenous urea fertiliser were applied. The effect on wheat yield and quality of applying fertiliser at zero, medium and high urea rates.
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To measure and quantify N2O emissions from wheat grown in rotation with canola, pulses and legume pastures at two sites in low and medium/high rainfall farming systems of the Eyre Peninsula, while assessing best management practices that local farmers can adopt to reduce the risk of N2O losses and ultimately improve the paddock’s crop producti… read more
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Agricultural soils are the main source of emission of the greenhouse gas (GHG) nitrous oxide (N2O) to the atmosphere. N2O is a potent GHG which lasts in the atmosphere for 114 years and has a global warming potential of approximately 300 times greater than that of carbon dioxide over a 100 year timescale. Agriculture accounts for 16% of Australi… read more
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To measure and quantify N2O emissions from wheat grown in rotation with canola, pulses and legume pastures at two sites in low and medium/high rainfall farming systems of the Eyre Peninsula, while assessing best management practices that local farmers can adopt to reduce the risk of N2O losses and ultimately improve the paddock’s crop producti… read more
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Agricultural soils are the main source of emission of the greenhouse gas (GHG) nitrous oxide (N2O) to the atmosphere. N2O is a potent GHG which lasts in the atmosphere for 114 years and has a global warming potential of approximately 300 times greater than that of carbon dioxide over a 100 year timescale. Agriculture accounts for 16% of Australi… read more
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To explore the assumptions used in our regular N2O emissions sampling. These campaigns examined:
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To measure N20 emitted by vetch, field peas and wheat stubble over summer and to determine whether
top-dressed inhibitor-treated and slow release urea products influence N2O emissions.
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To measure N20 emitted by vetch, field peas and wheat stubble over summer and to determine whether
top-dressed inhibitor-treated and slow release urea products influence N2O emissions.
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To measure N20 emitted by vetch, field peas and wheat stubble over summer and to determine whether top-dressed inhibitor-treated and slow release urea products influence N2O emissions.
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This experiment compared different rhizobia inoculant formulations on nodulation, growth and yield of field pea, lupin, faba bean, lentil and chickpea under varying rain-fed and soil moisture conditions on an acidic, red-brown earth at Wagga Wagga in the south-eastern cropping zone of southern NSW
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To evaluate a range of milling wheats of different maturities, disease resistance and qualities under broad acre farmer sown plots.
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Can systems performance be improved by modifying farming systems in the northern grains region? | In Goondiwindi: (i) What are the trends that are expected in our farming systems? and (ii) How will these changes impact on the performance and status of our farming systems?
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What are the long-term impacts on systems performance (e.g. productivity, profitability and soil health) when six strategically different 'farming systems' are applied to one geographic location over a five year period?
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Can systems performance be improved by modifying farming systems in the northern grains region? | What are the trends that are expected and how will these changes impact on the performance and status of our farming systems?
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To report on the outcomes of a series of faba bean variety × density experiments across northern NSW.
The 2015 season was characterised by severe frost events, episodic cold weather during flowering and terminal drought during grain filling. These seasonal conditions severely affected crop performance, reducing the poten… read more
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To provide some points to consider when choosing which crop types to grow and what to consider in growing them.
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To provide information about three crop types (production notes) grown in the Southern Mallee and Northern Wimmera: barley, lentils and faba beans.
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To test the seed inoculant Jumpstart.
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The aim for nutrient management in 2007 is to supply the crop requirements without over- or under-investing.
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To determine the dollar value of nutrient removal by chaff cart or windrow burning systems of various crop types.
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The aim of this study was to examine the impact of long-term farming practices on SOM decomposition and N, P and S net release in soil, thus evaluating the nutrient supply value of SOM in grain cropping systems.
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To present a handbook of diagnostic techniques for nutrient deficiencies and excesses in sorghum.
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To investigate the potential to refine fertiliser strategies and take advantage of crop type and their place in the rotation to enhance fertiliser efficiency.
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To investigate the yield potential of several pulse crops.
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Growers in medium to low rainfall regions are keen to grow oats as a break crop, either for hay or as a profitable grain crop; however, there is a need to identify management inputs and varieties that consistently meet quality specifications. Currently there is considerable interest in the high yielding milling oat varieties Bannister and Willia… read more
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To assess triticale and oat varieties for grain yield and quality possible.
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To compare the early grazing value, hay production or grain yield of oat varieties.
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To explore oat varieties in the south east.
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To investigate the effect of seeding rate and nitrogen rate on oats for hay production.
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To show the production potential of new oaten hay varieties in the southern Mallee/northern Wimmera.
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To evaluate oats in the system.
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To assess water repellent soil amelioration options and to determine whether a one-way plough can be used to ameliorate non-wetting sand for much lower cost than mouldboard ploughing or rotary spading.
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To test on-row or inter-row seeding with and without a pre-emergent herbicide package of trifluralin + metribuzin
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To compare and assess the effectiveness of one-off tillage treatments on soil water repellence, water infiltration, crop establishment and productivity on a water repellent gravel.
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Assessing practical soil management options for overcoming severe water repellence on sandy gravels in the West Midlands.
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Onion weed (Asphodelus fistulosusis) is a significant pest of crops and pastures on many soil types on upper EP. Onion weed that germinates in the pasture phase often results in thick stands of large plants that require repeated herbicide application and/or cultivation to control prior to a crop phase. Cultivation prior to sowing is a widespread… read more
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To investigate the optimum fertiliser placement when sowing wheat.
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To investigate how different summer crops influence soil moisture throughout their growing seasons and in the subsequent wheat crop
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To compare an opportunistic break crop against fallow and wheat to better define the pros and cons of fallowing.
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To compare an opportunistic break crop against fallow and wheat to better define the pros and cons of fallowing.
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To highlight the main challenges faced in continuous cropping systems, and provide some recent research outcomes on best-bet management to sustain profitable continuous cropping with current and foreseeable technologies.
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To evaluate different sequences of pulses and canola after soil amelioration when transitioning into cereal cropping to capture maximum benefit from amelioration.
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To evaluate the rotational benefit of different sequences of pulses and canola after soil amelioration when transitioning back into cereal cropping following amelioration.
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To assess the optimum barley fungicide strategy for the different climatic regions represented in the project and to determine whether the likelihood of fungicide response can be linked to specific timings, disease and plant available water.
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The objectives of these trials are very similar to those pursued last season, those being to establish guidelines on the use of foliar applied fungicides in barley crops.
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These trials taking place in southern Victoria and Tasmania were conducted to examine the response of more disease resistant
varieties to triazole and strobilurin fungicides in the near absence of disease.
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With the large majority of wheat cultivars now deemed to be susceptible to stripe rust, in particular the new WA pathotype, this trial was set up to look at economic response to different foliar fungicide timings. In addition the trial continued the evaluation of the strobilurin fungicides (as part of project SFS 00006), the first of which was r… read more
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To assess a range of commercial rhizobia inoculant products, application strategies and sowing times to provide growers with recommendations that ensures adequate nodulation and nitrogen fixation in dry sown crops.
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To investigate phosphorus use efficiency in six crop types - barley, wheat, canola, lentils, faba beans and field peas. This is the third year of this BCG research.
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To investigate phosphorus use efficiency in six crop types - barley, wheat, canola, lentils, faba beans and field peas. This is the third year of this BCG research.
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To investigate phosphorus use efficiency in six crop types - barley, wheat, canola, lentils, faba beans and field peas. This is the third year of this BCG research.
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To demonstrate how Yield Prophet can be used to optimise production with reduced risk.
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This project aims to enable growers to make timely and efficient nitrogen decisions in the Esperance port zone by having a rule of thumb around the cost/benefit of feeding N to crops on waterlogged soils.
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To enable growers to make timely and efficient nitrogen decisions in the Albany and Esperance port zones by having a rule of thumb around the cost/benefit of feeding N to crops on waterlogged soils.
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To test some of the commercial practices used in irrigated cotton growing. In the 2014–15 summer cropping season, three experiments were conducted at commercial farms located near Emerald (Qld), Moree (NSW), and Gunnedah (NSW).
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The objectives were to:
1. reduce nitrous oxide emissions from dryland grains cropping.
2. improve nitrogen use efficiency.
3. validate and develop process-based biogeochemistry models.
4. simulate net greenhouse gas emission under current and projected future climate scenarios.
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To demonstrate the effectiveness of two types of surface applied organic amendments – compost and chicken manure.
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Deep placement of organic matter and impact on lupin establishment.
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The aim of this research was to confirm that crop productivity can be substantially improved when subsoil chemical, physical and biological constraints in sandy soils are treated.
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To investigate responses to phosphorus and potassium in wheat.
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To report on paddock yield and seeding depth optimisation.
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To demonstrate that is possible to grow a viable winter crop and still maintain a productive lucerne stand over summer.
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