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To coduct chickpea variey testing.
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To conduct an evaluation of new and existing chickpea varieties.
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To determine the susceptibility of new chickpea varieties and fungicide treatment against Ascochyta blight.
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To evaluate the efficacy of different formulations of imidazolinones (Group B imi’s) and the sulfonylureas (Group B SU’s) on brome grass.
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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 determine if there are any benefits to be gained from mouldboard ploughing a yellow sandplain soil
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To evaluate the effects of mouldboard ploughing and deep ripping on a yellow sand
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To compare the effects of mouldboard plough, spading and deep ripping on yellow non-wetting sand.
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To determine if yield differences can be achieved between a crop seeded in a north-south direction compared to an east-west direction.
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To investigate the effect on wheat yield between applications of a gypsum/dolomite mix, high-cal product and lime, and also to compare the long term effects the three products have on soil acidity
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To evaluate new Lupin inoculation initiatives in high background populations of naturalised Rhizobium strains in medium–low rainfall cereal/lupin rotation
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The objective of this demonstration was to evaluate the biological compatibility and crop safety of Axial compared with Achieve or Wildcat, when applied alone or in mixtures with common broadleaf herbicides for early wild oat and wild radish control in wheat.
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To evaluate compost and clay for their ability to improve the production capacity of a loamy sand.
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To evaluate compost and clay for their ability to improve the production capacity of soil.
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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 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 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 explore herbicide and application timing alternatives to control annual ryegrass and other weeds on fencelines and prevent the onset of resistance. wns Research Station, Gibson (SEPWA).
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To compare the performance of wheat crops grown using normal farming practices and inputs, to those grown with 2 x 250 mL/ha applications of the biological stimulant TM21 in addition to the normal farming practices and inputs.
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To investigate the crop safety of new products Boxer Gold (Syngenta) and Crusader (Dow).
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To demonstrate the crop safety, extended incorporation time and efficacy of Sakura 850WG pre-emergent herbicide on annual ryegrass in wheat compared to Boxer Gold.
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To compare the returns of barley, canola, wheat and triticale.
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The purpose of this trial is to determine if there are benefits from applications of a biological based product developed by Basic Environmental Systems and Technology (B.E.S.T) namely ‘Customer Formulated Fertiliser’ (CFF).
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The purpose of this trial is to determine if there are benefits from applications of a biological based product developed by Basic Environmental Systems and Technology (B.E.S.T) namely ‘Customer Formulated Fertiliser’ (CFF).
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To assess amelioration of subsoil acidity using a range of tillage methods for incorporating surface applied lime into acidic subsoils and the impacts of tillage and lime on crop productivity.
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To assess the capacity of surface applied and deep placed lime to improve subsoil pH and productivity of deep acid (Wodjil) sand.
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To determine if deep ripping overcomes compaction and increases yield on a red sandy loam.
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To improve grain production by ameliorating subsurface compaction and subsurface acidity.
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To improve grain production by ameliorating subsurface compaction and subsurface acidity.
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To improve grain production by ameliorating subsurface compaction and subsurface acidity.
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To improve grain production by ameliorating subsurface compaction and subsurface acidity.
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To improve grain production by ameliorating subsurface compaction and subsurface acidity.
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To demonstrate more efficient deep ripping of a dry compact sandy soil and to assess any benefits of improved rain infiltration and crop yield.
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To evaluate the effect of water rate using a medium spray quality on bromoxynil based herbicides under conditions where coverage is not optimal; to evaluate the effect of coarse droplets; and to evaluate the effect on wild radish control at different water rates with MCPA in tank mixtures with Velocity.
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To evaluate and demonstrate the benefit of soil amelioration across a wider range of soil types that are common to the WA grain growing region.
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To demonstrate the metribuzin tolerance of the new lupin variety Mandelup.
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To conduct comparisons
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To demonstrate the productivity and persistence of annual pasture legumes (NAPLIP cultivar/species) on several soil types in the medium–low rainfall wheat belt environment.
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To investigate the suitability and profitability of alternative legume crops in the Western Region.
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To investigate the suitability and profitability of alternative legume crops in the Western Region.
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To demonstrate the profitability of alternative grain legume crops across the Western Region.
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To investigate the suitability and profitability of alternative legume crops in the Western Region.
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To compare the effect of croptopping on Mandelup with other currently grown lupin varieties.
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To demonstrate the benefit of wide rows in lupins.
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To demonstrate the disease resistance of new Sonali, Rupali and Genesis836 and potential releases Genesis90 and Genesis508, chickpea varieties.
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To investigate the effectiveness of fungicides regimes for controlling net blotch and powdery mildew of barley.
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To evaluate and determine the profitability of different strategies of disease management.
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To evaluate and determine the profitability of different strategies of disease management.
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To evaluate Diuron as a broadleaf weed killer pre sowing of lupins and to evaluate some mixing partners to improve the control of grass weeds.
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To investigate if increasing soil organic carbon (SOC) increases N2O emissions.
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To assess the potential for the use of Dual Gold® for ryegrass control in lupins.
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To evaluate new and existing early maturing barley varieties.
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To test early maturing barley varieties.
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To evaluate early maturing barley varieties.
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A four-year study has investigated if lime applied in a low pH soil could enhance the efficacy of herbicides on weeds (ryegrass and barley grass) and improve crop performance in a wheat-wheat-lupin-barley rotation at the Wongan Hills Research Station, Western Australia.
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A four-year study has investigated if lime applied in a low pH soil could enhance the efficacy of herbicides on wild radish and improve crop performance in a wheat-wheat-lupin-barley rotation at the Wongan Hills Research Station, Western Australia (WA).
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To determine whether a profit can be achieved from incorporating lime in the year it is applied.
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To determine whether lime has an effect on potassium (K) response
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Liming is proven to be beneficial to our cropping and pasture systems in WA; is improved radish control an added gain?
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To test the interaction between wheat variety and seed size on the ability to emerge from deep sowing.
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To check whether higher stubble affected crop growth.
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To answer the quesiton 'Can higher herbicide rates be used with wide row establishment in lupins?'
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To evaluate the effectiveness of molybdenum application in soil with a pH that is perceived to be non-limiting for molybdenum.
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To compare and evaluate the yield effect from cultivation, before seeding versus a full cut system in a wheat crop.
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To quantify the effects of nematode feeding groups in Western Australian soils on crop performance.
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To evaluate a range of nutrients on lupin yield and protein.
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To determine the effects of spading on lime and potassium (K) response
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To compare agronomic factors on seven lupin varieties for yield and grain protein.
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To assess the effectiveness of a range of herbicides on a number of ryegrass populations throughout the ‘Liebe’ area with an ‘in situ’ method of resistance testing.
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To compare EverGol Prime, Vibrance and Tripower to Baytan T for loose smut contol and to compare EverGol Prime to triazole seed treatments for Rhizoctonia suppression.
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To compare the effects of mouldboard ploughing, spading and deep ripping on yellow non-wetting sand.
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To examine whether spading (partial-inversion tillage) can be used to manage water repellence and subsoil acidity on sandplain soil
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To examine whether deep cultivation by spading can be used to manage water repellence and subsoil acidity on sandplain soil.
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To examine whether deep cultivation by spading can be used to manage water repellence and subsoil acidity on sandplain soil.
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To examine whether deep cultivation by spading can be used to manage water repellence and subsoil acidity on non-wetting sand.
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To determine the effectiveness, weed spectrum and crop damage of both Bounty (a broadleaf herbicide for use in lupins) and Aramo (a grass herbicide for use in non-cereal crops), which are due for release on the market in 2003.
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Assess the yield of wide (18 inch) versus narrow (9 inch) lupin rows.
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To evaluate yields and quality of new and existing field pea varieties.
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To evaluate yields and quality of new and existing field pea varieties.
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To assess the potential of the new Field Pea variety Kaspa against established varieties.
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To conduct a field pea variety evaluation.
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To evaluate new and existing field pea varieties.
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To compare Flexi-N timing especially for late protein boost application in wheat.
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To investigate the composition of the free living nematode communities in Australian grain-growing soils; determine whether the community responds to different organic matter inputs and to various tillage and stubble management regimes; and decide whether nematodes are a useful indicator of soil health.
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To evaluate the yield response, efficacy and crop safety of various seed treatments in the control of root pathogens affecting wheat.
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To evaluate how incorporation method impacts on the emergence of annual ryegrass from the furrow wall for various pre sowing grass herbicide mixtures in wheat.
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To determine the suitability of a range of sub-tropical perennial grasses to the medium rainfall zone of the NAR.
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To determine the suitability of a range of sub-tropical perennial grasses to the medium rainfall zone of the NAR.
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To measure the persistence and seasonal production in terms of both quantity and quality for a range of sub-tropical perennial grasses and legumes
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To understand how a range of pasture types combine to form a whole farm feed supply.
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To understand how a range of pasture types combine to form a whole farm feed supply.
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To understand how a range of pasture types combine to form a whole farm feed supply.
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To understand how a range of pasture types combine to form a whole farm feed supply