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To assess the effectiveness of narrow windrow burning practices in the Mid North as a late weed seed control tactic against ryegrass in canola and wheat.
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To understand how effective narrow windrow burning is capturing annual ryegrass seeds (comparison of between row and inter-row measurements), and to determine the reduction in ryegrass as a result of burning (comparison of burnt and unburnt sections of the row)
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To investigate two management strategies applicable to the Mid-North region that could influence nutrient stratification.
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To answer the following questions:
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To evaluate the relative competitiveness of durum wheat compared to barley and bread wheat, against annual ryegrass grown under different management practices tailored to influence crop competition.
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To investigate improvements for pre-emergent herbicide spray coverage in stubble retention systems.
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To investigate the factors influencing (i.e. ryegrass size) performance of ‘dim’ herbicides Select (a.i. clethodim) & Factor (a.i. butroxydim) on Group A resistant ryegrass in canola.
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To investigate the reasons for these differences in WUE by continuing with trials established at 4 sites in 2008 on different soil types and rainfall zones in selected grower paddocks.
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To investigate the reasons for these differences in WUE by continuing with trials established at 4 sites in 2008 on different soil types and rainfall zones in selected grower paddocks.
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To assess the performance of wheat following either peas, wheat or barley.
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To use a thick layer of cereal straw maintained within the growing season to focus on reducing the amount of moisture lost to soil evaporation.
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To use a thick layer of cereal straw maintained within the growing season to focus on reducing the amount of moisture lost to soil evaporation.
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To investigate the reasons for these differences in WUE by continuing with trials established at 4 sites in 2008 on different soil types and rainfall zones in selected grower paddocks.
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To investigate the reasons for these differences in WUE by establishing four sites on different soil types and rainfall zones in selected grower paddocks.
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To investigate the reasons for these differences in WUE by establishing four sites on different soil types and rainfall zones in selected grower paddocks.
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To investigate the reasons for these differences in WUE by establishing four sites on different soil types and rainfall zones in selected grower paddocks.
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To investigate the reasons for these differences in WUE by establishing four sites on different soil types and rainfall zones in selected grower paddocks.
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To investigate the reasons for these differences in WUE by continuing with trials established at 4 sites in 2008 on different soil types and rainfall zones in selected grower paddocks.
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To comment on increasing economic returns of agronomic management using precision agriculture.
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To investigate the use of Gamma Radiometrics in SA.
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To report on investigations on increasing economic returns of agronomic management using
precision agriculture.
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To quantify and potentially exploit the variation in nutritive value of a range of cereal grains that come on to the feed market in South Australia to increase grain trading options for grain growers.
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To evaluate the effect of crop stubble management and seeding system on pre-emergent herbicide behaviour and crop safety.
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To combine existing knowledge with new techniques for effective integrated weed management to control herbicide resistant ryegrass.
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To investigate responses to phosphorus (P) fertiliser of common wheat and barley varieties on a P deficient soil
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To compare the tolerance of legume and canola varieties to a range of herbicides and timings.
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To compare the tolerance of legume and canola varieties to a range of herbicides and timings.
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To compare the tolerance of legume and canola varieties to a range of herbicides and timings.
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To compare the tolerance of legume and canola varieties to a range of herbicides and timings.
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To compare the tolerance of legume and canola varieties to a range of herbicides and timings.
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To compare the tolerance of legume and canola varieties to a range of herbicides and timings.
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To compare the tolerance of legume and canola varieties to a range of herbicides and timings.
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To compare the tolerance of legumes and canola varieties to a range of herbicides and timings.
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To compare the tolerance of legumes and canola varieties to a range of herbicides and timings.
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To compare the tolerance of legumes and canola varieties to a range of herbicides and timings.
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To determine the effect of various legume treatments on the grain yield and quality of subsequent wheat production
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To assess the advantages of new lentil varieties with current standards and a field pea at different sowing times and on varying soil types.
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To assess the advantages of new lentil varieties with current standards and a field pea at different sowing times and on varying soil types.
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To evaluate the effectiveness of current and new fungicides in reducing ascochyta blight infection and maintaining grain yield and quality in lentils and chickpeas.
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To compare new lentil varieties with older standards and current field pea options.
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To compare new lentil varieties with older standards and current field pea options.
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To compare the performance of three seeding systems and two nitrogen (N) strategies.
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To compare the performance of three seeding systems and two nitrogen (N) strategies.
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To compare the performance of three seeding systems and two nitrogen strategies
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To compare the performance of three seeding systems and two nitrogen nutrition strategies.
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To investigate the long term effects of different approaches to sustainable farming, especially in relation to soil moisture and soil quality.
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To investigate the long term effects of different approaches to sustainable farming, especially in relation to soil moisture and soil quality.
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To investigate the long term effects of different approaches to sustainable farming, especially in relation to soil moisture and soil quality.
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To examine possible chemical options for controlling glyphosate resistant annual ryegrass on fence lines.
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To measure and demonstrate on-farm strategies that can reduce nitrous oxide by trialling four key practices:
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To demonstrate that crop competition afforded by a hybrid canola in combination with pre-emergent herbicides can reduce ryegrass seed set.
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To investigate the effect of crop competition and different pre-emergent herbicides and their mixtures on annual ryegrass control in canola.
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To conduct a multi-year trial to determine the effects of crop sequence and low, medium and high intensity management strategies to reduce clethodim-resistant ryegrass
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To conduct a multi-year trial to determine the effects of crop rotation and low, medium and high level herbicide management options to reduce clethodim resistant ryegrass without using hay
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To conduct a multi-year trial to determine the effects of crop rotation and low, medium and high level herbicide management options to reduce clethodim resistant ryegrass without using hay
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To investigate the effects of different rates of nitrogen +/- plant growth regulator (PGR) treatment on plant height, lodging, head loss and yield.
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To manage the crop canopy and conserve the stored soil moisture so that it might be saved for grain-fill, rather than being used to create early crop growth.
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To manage the crop canopy and conserve the stored soil moisture so that it might be saved for grain-fill, rather than being used to create early crop growth.
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To evaluate integrated weed management strategies for the long-term control of annual ryegrass.
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To add normal, as required to optimise yield potential, and extra amounts of nutrients (N, P and S) to different stubble managements (intact, incorporated and removed) to see if SOM levels could be increased.
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To add normal and higher amounts of nutrients (N, P and S) to different stubble managements (standing, worked and removed) to see if soil humus level would be increased.
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To add normal and higher amounts of nutrients (N, P and S) to different stubble managements (standing, worked and removed) to see if soil humus level would be increased.
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To identify optimum sowing times and fungicide strategies in new field pea varieties and to improve recommendations from the ‘Blackspot Manager’ disease risk prediction model in different regions.
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To identify optimum sowing times in new field pea varieties and to improve recommendations from the ‘Blackspot Manager’ disease risk prediction model in different regions.
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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 investigate conventional phosphorus fertilisers and alternative sources of phosphorus on the grain yield and quality of wheat.
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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 investigate whether Winter varieties bred for NSW can be grown successfully in SA.
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To investigate time of sowing for individual wheat cultivars with different maturities.
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To investigate optimum time of sowing for individual wheat cultivars with different maturities
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To investigate the impact of traditional phosphorus fertilisers and phosphorus alternatives on the grain yield and quality of wheat.
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To investigate the impact of phosphorus fertiliser on the grain yield and quality of wheat.
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To investigate the impact of conventional phosphorus fertilisers and alternative sources of phosphorus on the grain yield and quality of wheat.
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To investigate the impact of conventional phosphorus fertilisers and alternative sources of phosphorus on the grain yield and quality of wheat.
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To investigate the impact of conventional phosphorus fertilisers and alternative sources of phosphorus on the grain yield and quality of barley.
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To measure the effect of PGRs on canola plant height and grain yield.
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To measure the effect of plant growth regulants and their interaction with nitrogen on wheat grain yield and quality, in the absence of lodging.
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To measure the effect of plant growth regulants and their interaction with nitrogen on wheat grain yield and quality, in the absence of lodging.
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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 assess the usefulness of using historical yield data to predict future yields and adjust fertiliser rates according to production zones.
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To investigate the effect of row spacing and standing stubble on the grain yield and harvestability of pulse crops.
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To develop improved AB disease control management strategies through the use of fungicides. The 2016 trials were aimed to assess new experimental fingicides alongside the current strategy and also include variations in fungicide application timings to improve disease control efficacy.
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To quantify the economic benefit to farmers of:
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To compare the performance of commercial hybrid seed against farmer retained (F1) seed using conventional, triazine and imidazalinone tolerant varieties.
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To investigate ripping and subsoil placement of chicken litter and fertiliser.
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To measure if the period of residual ryegrass control can be extended using PSPE treatments.
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To examine differences in salt tolerance between barley varieties.
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To investigate the effect of full stubble retention compared with other stubble management methods and seeding technologies
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To investigate the effect of full stubble retention compared with other stubble management methods and seeding
technologies.
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To investigate the effect of full stubble retention compared with other stubble management methods and seeding technologies.