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To conduct a field pea variety evaluation.
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To identify the best varieties available and potential commercial releases from the breeding program for growers in Victoria.
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To evaluate new and existing field pea varieties.
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To develop high yielding lines with good disease resistance.
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To conduct a field pea variety trial.
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To conduct a field pea variety trial.
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To evaluate the effectiveness of different fungicide strategies for the management of blackspot disease infection in field pea to determine the most appropriate strategy for the southern low rainfall zone.
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To reduce lodging and increase harvestability and biomass. To assess fungicide efficacy on blackspot infection under different canopy structures (Hart ONLY).
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To evaluate fungicide strategies to manage blackspot in field pea in the low rainfall Mallee environment.
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To compare the effectiveness of foliar fungicides and fungicidal seed dressings applied at 4 node stage to control ascochyta blight in field pea.
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To identify Pulse Breeding Australia (PBA) field pea genotypes which may offer yield improvements over current varieties grown in the low rainfall northern Mallee environment.
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To evaluate effectiveness of commercially available inoculant products to increase nodulation in field pea.
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To evaluate the adaptability of various pulse cultivars to spring sowing compared to an autumn sowing.
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To test the yield response of six fieldpea varieties to different sowing times and two targeted plant populations in south western NSW.
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To discuss field pea varieties and issues.
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To improve the success of early sown field pea crops through identifying foliar fungicides with higher levels of efficacy than the current foliar fungicide of Mancozeb on Blackspot disease (using PBA Coogee).
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To investigate the impact of fungicide use to control disease in a range of field pea breeding lines and varieties (focusing on blue peas).
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To provide farmers with more information on the productivity of legume break crops and varieties in the northern Mallee region.
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To provide farmers with more information on the productivity of legume break crops and varieties in the northern Mallee region.
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To assess growth (via top biomass at heading) and grain yield of diverse oat varieties (vs durum wheat check) under saline-sodic soil conditions, compared with "good soil" conditions at Turretfield.
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To intriduce Fiesta VF (formerly Acc 483) - a new variety of faba bean for release in 1998.
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To raise awareness about the increasing occurrence of herbicide resistant wild radish populations in the Wimmera and Mallee and to determine the best management practices for farmers to combat it and reduce its spread.
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To assess and evaluated a range of different pasture varieties at three different sites.
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To assess and evaluated a range of different pasture varieties at three different sites.
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3 different crop species were planted to measure the responses to P; this will assist in crop data gaps being able to be filled allowing for better fertiliser decisions to be made.
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To discuss the criteria for financial viability after drought.
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To explain why some micronutrient fertilisers perform better than others in specific soil types.
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This project is gathering data from these trial sites to ascertain whether the one-off application of either P, K or sulfur (S) placed in these deeper more depleted layers can provide a grain yield benefit and whether that benefit can be maintained over several years.
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To evaluate the impact of residual herbicide strategies in winter cereals for fleabane management in the spring and summer.
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To evaluate the impact of residual herbicide strategies in winter cereals for fleabane management in the spring and summer.
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To evaluate the impact of residual herbicide strategies in winter cereals for fleabane management in the spring and summer.
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To evaluate the impact of residual herbicide strategies in winter cereals for fleabane management in the spring and summer.
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To compare the effectiveness of Flexi-N through the boom before seeding, banded at seeding and applied at early tillering - where wheat stubble was either burnt or retained.
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To compare Flexi-N timing especially for late protein boost application in wheat.
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To compare the effectiveness of various Flexi-N strategies and to determine the effect of leaf scorch on yield.
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To demonstrate a range of crop types and end-uses that could have a role in the low rainfall farming systems of the Mallee.
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To demonstrate a range of crop types and end-uses that could have a role in the low rainfall farming systems of the Mallee.
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To help conventional (till) and no-till farmers appreciate the differences in management issues between the two establishment techniques and associated farming systems.
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To increase our understanding of how relative grain yields in different parts of a paddock in the Mallee region vary year to year (and between crop types) and how these changes are related to soil type and seasonal rainfall.
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To assess the potential of fluid nutrient delivery systems and disease control strategies compared to current systems.
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To evaluate the yield response to trace elements using a fluid delivery system compared to other techniques.
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To update the benefits of fluid delivery systems from previous research and assess the potential of fluid nutrients and disease control strategies in current farming systems.
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To build on previous research by updating knowledge of the benefits, including disease control and nutrition, of fluid delivery systems.
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To test the benefits of fluid delivery systems in relation to the effects of trace elements, macro nutrients and fungicides on control of cereal root and leaf diseases and grain yield.
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To build on previous research by updating knowledge of the benefits, including disease control and nutrition, of fluid delivery systems.
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To test the benefits of fluid delivery systems in relation to the effects of trace elements, macro nutrients and fungicides on control of cereal root and leaf diseases and grain yield.
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To update the benefits of fluid delivery systems from previous research and assess the potential of fluid nutrient delivery systems and disease control strategies compared to current systems.
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To update the benefits of fluid delivery systems from previous research and assess the potential of fluid nutrient delivery systems and disease control strategies compared to current systems.
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To investigate the comparative efficacy of fluid forms of Phosphorus (P) fertiliser compared to the current granular forms for application to grain crops grown on alkaline soils of Victoria.
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To discuss fluid phosphorus fertilisers: how did they fare in Victoria in 2005?
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To test the effect of foliar fungicides on irrigated wheat yield
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To investigate the effectiveness of applying a range of fungicides, both with and without stickers, at two different application times on two varieties of beans - Fiesta VF and Aquadulce.
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To investigate fungicide types and application timings to minimise the effect of foliar disease in lentils.
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To develop specific disease management strategies for more susceptible wheat varieties.
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To investigate the effect on barley yield and the retention of green leaf from using various fungicide products and timing.
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To test if the use of fungicides makes economic sense on irrigated barley
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To evaluate the effectiveness of foliar fungicides applied to barley and compare strobilurin fungicides with the "older' triazole and conazole fungicides.
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To determine if and how manganese deficiency in lupins can be overcome.
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To examine the benefits of foliar applications of copper and other micronutrients to wheat on acid soils with and without lime.
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The trial had two similar but related objectives.
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The trial had two similar but related objectives.
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To investigate the efficacy of seed dressing and fertiliser applied fungicides on the time of onset, rate of development and yield impact of wheat powdery mildew.
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Assess potential efficacy and benefits from fungicides applied from seeding through to flowering in management of stubble borne diseases of wheat.
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To provide data to assist in decision making when planning to use a field crop as a potential resource for grazing, hay and/or grain based on seasonal conditions, while in some cases utilising the benefits of a break crop within the cropping rotation.
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To assess the potential of the newly released forage (PBA Hayman) and dual purpose (PBA Coogee) field pea varieties as alternatives to vetch and grain field peas.
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To assess and compare the biomass accumulation and grain yields of current field pea standards, Kaspa (the predominant grain yield variety in south eastern Australia) and Morgan (a dual purpose field pea variety), as well as several current vetch variety options.
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To evaluate a range of forage shrubs in the Victorian Mallee environment in terms of plant survival, canopy development, health, edible biomass, seedling recruitment and performance under grazing.
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To report on the Forbes soil amelioration trials.
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To report on the Forbes soil amelioration trials.
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To remind growers to apply molybdenum on a regular basis.
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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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This project is investigating strategies for maintaining frog populations on farms using wildlife ponds.
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To show a range of strategies that minimise frost risk.
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To identify frost damage in canola and assess symptoms and risk
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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 identify the most effective herbicide brews to control fumitory.
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To study fungicide control of Ascochyta rabiei in chickpeas.
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To investigate the effect of fungicides and timing of application on controlling stripe rust infection in wheat.
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To investigate the effect of fungicide and timing of application on controlling stripe rust infection in wheat
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To determine the benefit of fungicide applications for stripe rust control in 2003.
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To investigate effective fungicide strategies for controlling Ascochyta blight in chickpeas.
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To investigate activity of fungicides against sorghum diseases.