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A trial west of Corrigin has shed some new light on what can happen to crop production in the second year after mouldboard ploughing of non wetting grey sandy soils. Non wetting soils pose a significant challenge to growing crops in many parts of the wheatbelt and crops grown on these soils can suffer poor seedling establishment, poor weed contr… read more
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To discuss mouse management options.
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To asses the effects of fungicides for sclerotonia management in canola.
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To assess herbicide options to control button grass during summer.
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To assess a range of knockdown herbicide mixtures on small grasses and mixed braod leaf weeds.
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To compare various canola varieties including RR (Roundup Ready) and TT (Triazine Tolerant) lines.
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To assess the effects of nitrogen rates on roundup ready canola varieties.
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To screen seed treatments for pest and disease management in mungbean.
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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 find more IPM-compatible options, we evaluated for a second season under field conditions, four new-generation insecticides that are either specialised against sap-sucking insects or known to have thrips control potential. In 2015–16 we added an additional three insecticides to the experiment
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To demonstrate newly available fungicide products in comparison to existing standards.
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To investigate the efficacy of newly registered fungicides for control of ascochyta in chickpea.
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To investigate the efficacy of newly registered fungicides for control of ascochyta in chickpea.
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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 examine pre-emergent grass weed control herbicides in triazine tolerant canola
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To determine whether adding extra nitrogen (N) at GS31 will bring benefits above the current standard practice of only applying nitrogen at or near sowing in three different Eyre Peninsula (EP) environments.
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To report on nitrogen inputs from pasture legumes in a cropping rotation.
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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 investigate options for no-till sowing in stony soils.
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This experiment compared the different Rhizobia innoculation 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, sandy loam at Yenda in the south western cropping zone of southern NSW.
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Claying has been undertaken in many areas throughout the zone, and there is quite a bit of expertise on the risks and benefits associated with it within the zone. Cash flow of most farmers in general doesn’t allow the expense of the high rates of clay to occur. However, there is anecdotal evidence to suggest that low rates of clay (lower than … read more
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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 use machinery guidance to enable crops to be grown on wide row-spacings, with crops sown into the space between rows in the next yera.
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To test the seed inoculant Jumpstart.
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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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To to establish if;
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To investigate herbicide options for the control of ryegrass in three oaten hay varieties.
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To provide growers with the tools needed to adopt site-specific weed management (SSWM) strategies as a result of a commercially viable weed ID and mapping system being demonstrated.
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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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Assessing practical soil management options for overcoming severe water repellence on sandy gravels in the West Midlands.
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To assess amelioration options for water repellent soil 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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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 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 the impact of water volume and nozzle setup on fleabane control using commercial camera sprays.
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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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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 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 investigate the idea of Pasture Cropping (PC), which involves seeding a crop into an existing summer-active pasture stand without killing the pasture.
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To investigate herbicide options on newly sown pasture crops at three sites.
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This trial aimed to compare the production of different annual legumes in the West Midlands and the associated seed loss to native budworm particularly in regards to serradella.
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The trial aims to explore the role that pastures can play in the crop rotation across the South-East region. It aims to quantify the role that pastures can play in providing nitrogen to the cropping system, and also its potential role in managing weed issues in the high rainfall regions compared to a conventional cropping system.
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To evaluate species and pasture phase systems (including hard seeded annuals) for light sand-plain soils (with low pH and low available soil water) in crop-based rotations.
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To examine the effect of seed size at sowing, at a fixed population, on grain yield and seed size distribution at harvest.
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To evaluate new fodder shrubs on poor performing areas.
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To evaluate new fodder shrubs on poor performing areas.
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Perennial pastures are being investigated for their potential fit in the Wimmera Mallee region.
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To find a way to improve the productivity and sustainability of the Darkan river flats.
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To test the efficacy of different methods for alleviating zinc deficiency.
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To compare commercially available fertiliser on the performance of Schooner barley.
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To discuss planning for a successful cropping year.
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To investigate the plant density response to yield and oil content of TT and RR hybrid canola in comparison with open-pollinated canola
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To compare the plant density response of yield and oil content between hybrid and OP canola in TT and RR herbicide tolerance groups
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To investigate the plant density response to yield and oil content of TT and RR hybrid canola in comparison with open-pollinated canola
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To investigate the plant density response to yield and oil content of TT and RR hybrid canola in comparison with open-pollinated canola.
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The aim of this trial was to assess the viability of polymer coated canola seed.
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To monitor the growth of wheat and lentils grown under polymer film compared to natural conditions. The trial was also an investigation into the effect of time of removal of polymer film on yields. Weed emergence under the polymers compared to natural conditions was also observed.
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To investigate the potential efficacy of pre-emergent herbicides applied post sowing on ryegrass control. It aims to measure if the period of residual ryegrass control can be extended and also if in-row ryegrass control can be improved.
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To evaluate the efficacy of pre-emergent herbicides applied post sowing on ryegrass control and crop safety in wheat with the aim of
a) increasing residual control,
b) improving in-row control and
c) preventing onset of trifluralin resistance.
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To compare post emergent herbicides for control of wild oats in chickpea.
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To compare post emergent herbicides for control of wild oats in chickpea.
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The aim of this research was to identify effective post-emergent herbicidal options for witch grass control.
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To investigate post-emergent herbicide options for the control of Wild Cabbage (Hare's ear mustard, Coringia orientalis) in lentils.
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To find herbicide options that may be safe to use in saltland pasture systems wherein a farmer can maintain the productive capacity of his saltland by controlling his weeds. Trials also aim to explore weed control options during saltbush germination.
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To investigate post sowing pre-emergent chemical control of ryegrass.
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To investigate potassium and lime responses and effects on lime and potassium requirements.
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This trial examines potassium (K) rates as muriate of potash (MOP) products applied by a number of methods and the effects on growth and yield of Mace wheat.
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To investigate the potential impact of naturally occurring powdery mildew (PM) and four fungicide treatments on the grain yield of three commercial soybean varieties and an unreleased line (N005A-80).
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To investigate the disease control and yield impact from fungicide application for powdery mildew management in mungbean.
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To investigate the disease control and yield impact from fungicide application for powdery mildew management in Mungbean.
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To investigate the disease control and yield impact from fungicide application for powdery mildew management in mungbean.
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To investigate the disease control and yield impact from fungicide application for powdery mildew management in mungbean.
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To demonstrate the effectiveness and possible yield advantages of Kellalac wheat using two different fertiliser rates with and without PR70 Release treatment.
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To screen a range of minor winter crops for Pratylenchus thornei resistance: in field pea, triticale, oats canary seed, linseed and fallow.
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To investigate chemical control options of ‘slender iceplant’ (Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum) with commonly used crop herbicides. The focus was to find suitable pre- and post-emergent options, in legume crops and pastures.
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Test options for wild radish control
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To determine the effectiveness of using pre- and post-sowing, pre-emergent herbicides for the control of radish.
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To investigate pre-sowing options for the control of group A resistant ryegrass.
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To investigate pre-sowing options for the control of group A resistant ryegrass in wheat.
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To compare the efficacy and crop safety of different herbicide options for control of grasses in barley.