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To compare a number of feed and milling quality varieties that are commercially available against several long season durum lines potentially suited to southwest Victoria. These variety trials were evaluated with a fungicide programme, to determine the yield response of the varieties by comparing controlled leaf disease against an untreated cont… read more
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To determine the effectiveness of a number of grass selective herbicdes to control grasses in medic pastures
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To observe effect on lentil growth and vigour of various grass weed herbicides
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To determine the most effective techniques for controlling grass weeds in wheat (variety Meering).
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The GRDC project ‘Maintaining profitable farming systems with retained stubble - upper Eyre Peninsula’ aims to produce sustainable management guidelines to control pests, weeds and diseases while retaining stubble to maintain or improve soil health, and reduce exposure to wind erosion. The major outcome to be achieved is increased knowledge … read more
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The GRDC project ‘Maintaining profitable farming systems with retained stubble - upper Eyre Peninsula’ aims to produce sustainable management guidelines to control pests, weeds and diseases while retaining stubble to maintain or improve soil health, and reduce exposure to wind erosion. The major outcome to be achieved is increased knowledge … read more
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The GRDC project ‘Maintaining profitable farming systems with retained stubble - upper Eyre Peninsula’ aims to produce sustainable management guidelines to control pests, weeds and diseases while retaining stubble to maintain or improve soil health, and reduce exposure to wind erosion. The major outcome to be achieved is increased knowledge … read more
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The GRDC ‘Maintaining profitable farming systems with retained stubble’ projects on upper and lower Eyre Peninsula (EP) aim to improve farm profitability while retaining stubble in farming systems. Grass weed management is one of the key issues of current cropping systems with annual ryegrass and barley grass being of most importance on lowe… read more
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To evaluate the effect on wheat yield and quality of applying ameliorants at depth on a Wodjil soil (Graveyard Trial).
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To assess whether the effects of grazing canola with sheep during the growing season: factors being assessed are yield and quality, dry matter production and grazing value.
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To undertake initial evaluation of an elite cumin line at a range of locations on the upper Eyre Peninsula: Blue Ribbon would also undertake assessment of cumin quality (oil quality) attributes within their international markets.
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To compare the efficacy of different group B herbicides.
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To make full use of in-crop rainfall, stored soil moisture and nutrients, and prevent weed seed contamination, the control of weeds in a pulse break crop phase is essential. Currently, herbicides are the primary method of weed control in broadacre cropping systems. However, there are limited options for broadleaf weed control in pulse crops, as … read more
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To compare Triflur 480 versus Stomp, in relation to traditional use and minimum cultivation, on wheat and canola.
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To evaluate a range of Group G herbicide ‘spikes’ to better understand there market fit prior to sowing broadacre crops.
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The aim of this trial was to investigate managmeent practices for groin canola after cereal.
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To grow chickpeas on eastern Eyre Peninsula.
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To present options and guidelines for chemical insect control.
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To compare the response of H45 and Bowerbird when treated with a range of fungicide treatments.
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To compare the response of H45 and Bowerbird when treated with a range of fungicide treatments.
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To assess the establishment of two new hard-seeded French serradellas, Erica and Margurita, in the medium rainfall zone using the under-sowing technique.
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To discuss harvest options for dry years.
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The aim of this work is to understand if growers can reduce soil weed seedbanks in high-yielding high-rainfall zones by adopting harvest weed seed control (HWSC) practices.
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To see if harvest weed seed practices could be adopted to reduce annual ryegrass (ARG) weed seed populations to address herbicide resistance issues in high yielding, high rainfall zone (HRZ) areas of the southern region.
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The aim of this project is to see if harvest weed seed practices can be adopted to reduce soil weed seed banks in high yielding high rainfall zone (HRZ) areas of the southern region to address herbicide resistance issues.
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To report on a summary of paddock surveys of harvest weed seed collection samples taken in 2016, 2017 and 2018 as a part of the GRDC Stubble Initiative project ‘Maintaining profitability in retained stubbles on upper Eyre Peninsula’ (EPF00001).
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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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The aim of this work is to understand if growers can reduce soil weed seedbanks in high-yielding high-rainfall zones by adopting harvest weed seed control (HWSC) practices.
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To determin if harvest weed seed practices can be adopted to reduce soil week seed banks in high yielding HRZ areas of the southern region to address herbicide resistance issue.
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To determine the performance of new and current barley varieties in the Wimmera and Mallee.
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To discuss common heliotrope on Victorian farms
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To evaluate and compare the effectiveness of standard post emergent herbicide treatments against the Clearfield™ system with Intervix herbicide for control of brome grass and radish in the new two gene wheat Justica CL.
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To evaluate the economic benefit and effectiveness of different herbicide treatments on mixture of summer grassses and melons.
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The GRDC project ‘Maintaining profitable farming systems with retained stubble - upper Eyre Peninsula’ aims to improve farm profitability while retaining stubble in farming systems on upper Eyre Peninsula (EP). Weed control in stubble retained systems can be compromised when stubbles and organic residues intercept the herbicide and prevent i… read more
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The GRDC project ‘Maintaining profitable farming systems with retained stubble - upper Eyre Peninsula’ aims to improve farm profitability while retaining stubble in farming systems on upper Eyre Peninsula (EP). Weed control in stubble retained systems can be compromised when stubbles and organic residues intercept the herbicide and prevent i… read more
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The GRDC project ‘Maintaining profitable farming systems with retained stubble - upper Eyre Peninsula’ aims to improve farm profitability while retaining stubble in farming systems on upper Eyre Peninsula (EP). One of the barriers to retaining stubble is the perceived reduction in pre-emergent herbicide effectiveness (efficacy) in stubbles. … read more
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To assess the efficacy of three herbicide types on stubble covered soil.
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To evaluate a range of herbicides for their efficacy of brome grass control in lentils
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To identify the most effective herbicide brews to control elongating amsinckia.
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To investigate weed control options in regular canola to assist with possible registration of these herbicide options.
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To investigate herbicide options for the control of iceplant.
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To evaluate a range of herbicides for their efficacy of wild radish control in wheat.
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Why do the trial?
Barley grass possesses several biological traits that make it difficult for growers to manage in the low rainfall zone, so it is not surprising that it is becoming more prevalent in field crops in SA. A survey by Llewellyn et al. (2015) showed that barley grass has now made its way into the top 1 0 weeds of Australian … read more
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To identify patterns of herbicide resistance levels on Kangaroo Island in 2009.
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To identify herbicide sensitivities of new or potential new chickpea varieties with the view to reduce their yield losses due to herbicide damage.
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To identify herbicide sensitivities of new lentil varieties with the view to reduce their yield losses due to herbicide damage.
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To identify herbicide sensitivities of new lentil varieties with the view to reduce their yield losses due to herbicide damage.
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To identify herbicide sensitivities of new lupin varieties with the view to reduce their yield losses due to herbicide damage. Mandelup was included as a standard variety for comparison in the trial.
Blue lupins are problematic in narrow leave lupin production, especially in the Northern Agriculture Region of WA Wheatbelt and no herbic… read more
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To identify herbicide sensitivities of new lupin varieties with the view to reduce their yield losses due to herbicide damage. Mandelup was included as a standard variety for comparison in the trial.
Blue lupins are problematic in narrow leave lupin production, especially in the Northern Agriculture Region of WA Wheatbelt and no herbic… read more
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To ascertain the best herbicide options for new varieties: to compare Tyson as an existing desi chickpea to two new varieties: Howzat and ICCV96836.
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To determine the herbicide tolerance of Morava, Blanchefleur and Languedoc vetch.
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To trial a number of herbicide treatments applied to field peas, chickpeas, lentils and lupins to determine effective weed control and their effects on the crops.
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To investigate the effects of six commonly used herbicides for the control of grass and/or broadleaved weeds in peas on the growth, nitrogen fixation and yield of the crop. The impact of spray time was also investigated.
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Barley grass continues to be a persistent grassy weed in low rainfall farming systems and current farming practices have selected for increased seed dormancy. This change in seed dormancy has resulted in Barley grass germinating later, and being much harder to control with knockdown and pre-emergent herbicides. In 2018 a range of herbicide strat… read more
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To compare the efficacy and crop safety of various pre-sowing herbicide mixes on grassy weeds in a dry sowing situation for wheat, and followed the treatments through to final grain yield.
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To evaluate a range of herbicides for their efficacy of annual ryegrass control in barley
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To evaluate a range of herbicides for their efficacy of annual ryegrass control in barley
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To evaluate a range of herbicides for their efficacy of annual ryegrass control in wheat.
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To evaluate a range of herbicides for their efficacy of annual ryegrass control in wheat.
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To investigate the yield response of wheat to zinc enriched fertiliser, MAP and no fertiliser control.
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To demonstrate herbicide(s) and timing of application options for the control of horehound.
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To quantify how nitrogen application and timing (upfront versus stem elongation) influences the need for disease control in a susceptible wheat cultivar.
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To discuss how placement influences the efficacy of zinc oxide and zinc sulfate fertilisers.
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Since these inoculants have not had widespread use, the aim in this study was to test these new delivery systems and their effect on nodulating grain legumes in a range of Australian soils.
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To discuss how to deal with stripe rust.
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To identify canola traits suited to the new and expanding high rainfall cropping region of south-eastern Australia.
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To raise industry awareness of imi-tolerant barley as a potential tool for integrated weed management in Victoria and South Australian Mallee.
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This experiment evaluated the two new imidazolinone (IMI) herbicide-tolerant lentil varieties PBA Herald XT and PBA Hurricane XT alongside other commercial varieties and breeding lines for adaptation and production in southern NSW
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To assess comparative effect of anthracnose on yield and seed infection in a range of varieties and advanced lupin breeding lines.
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With larger seeding programs, increased summer weed control to conserve soil moisture and more variable autumn rainfall patterns, more growers Australia-wide are moving toward dry sowing.
On upper Eyre Peninsula in 2017 and 2018, seed was placed in the soil for many weeks with limited soil moisture, some seed still germinated but the d… read more
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To evaluate the impact of foliar fungicides on disease level, yield and grain quality from 'seed inoculated' infections of crown rot.
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To evaluate the impact of foliar fungicides on disease level, yield and grain quality from 'seed inoculated' infections of crown rot.
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To evaluate the impact of foliar fungicides on disease level, yield and grain quality from 'seed inoculated' infections of Crown rot.
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To evaluate the impact of foliar fungicides on disease level, yield and grain quality from 'seed inoculated' infections of Crown rot.
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To evaluate herbicide options for difficult to control weeds in chickpeas.
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To determine the potential toxicity of the fungicide P-Pickel T (PPT) to rhizobia applied as a commercial inoculant (peat and freeze-dried) on field pea (R. leguminosarum, group F) in field conditions in a soil with a low rhizobial background.
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To maintain or improve crop production through applying alternative weed, disease and pest control options in pasture wheat rotations in the presence of crop residues. The trial was established in 2013 with different stubble treatments imposed at harvest and was sown either inter row or in row with wheat in 2014.
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The GRDC project ‘Maintaining profitable farming systems with retained stubble - upper Eyre Peninsula’ aims to produce sustainable management guidelines to control pests, weeds and diseases while retaining stubble to maintain or improve soil health, and reduce exposure to wind erosion. The major outcome to be achieved is increased knowledge … read more
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The GRDC project ‘Maintaining profitable farming systems with retained stubble - upper Eyre Peninsula’ aims to produce sustainable management guidelines to control pests, weeds and diseases while retaining stubble to maintain or improve soil health, and reduce exposure to wind erosion. The major outcome to be achieved is increased knowledge … read more
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The GRDC project ‘Maintaining profitable farming systems with retained stubble - upper Eyre Peninsula’ aims to produce sustainable management guidelines to control pests, weeds and diseases while retaining stubble to maintain or improve soil health, and reduce exposure to wind erosion. The major outcome to be achieved is increased knowledge … read more
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To assess the chemical control options for effective control of onion weed without cultivation.
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To discuss the implications of the 2002 drought for weed management.
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To assess whether imidazolinone tolerant wheat or barley provides better weed control and which gives the best economic return.
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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 water repellence mitigation options at seeding. The trial aims to identify the driving chemistries (surfactants vs humectants) and application techniques (furrow surface, vs seed zone) that are better able to lift crop responses under local sowing conditions. This article reports on the Year 1 data, with more work being planned f… read more
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To use the increased concentration of fertiliser granules in low SBU systems to measure any advantage of fertiliser uptake
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To discuss alternative options to increase organic matter; improve soil properties and provide additional non-chemical control options for weed management, whilst providing a break crop effect.