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To investigate the usefulness of kikuyu for farmers on Kangaroo Island.
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to investigate the efficacy of knockdown mixes and timings on the control of ryegrass and broadleaf weeds prior to cropping.
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To investigate the effectiveness of the use of different herbicides and spraying regimes prior to sowing in controlling annual ryegrass and to increase grower awareness of rotating the various knockdown options pre-sowing.
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To demonstrate the feed value of a forage brassica as spring/early summer grazing option and to measure lamb growth rate performance.
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To report on Landmark pasture trials investigating ESN on annual ryegrass and Awaken ST on ryegrass amongst other treatments.
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To investigate the role of the nitrogen stabilisers and plant stimulants on pastures.
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To measure increases in grain protein in various barley varieties at flowering with different amounts of applied nitrogen.
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To evaluate the impact of late nitrogen application timings on wheat protein levels.
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To evaluate the impact of late nitrogen application timings on wheat protein levels.
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To evaluate the impact of late nitrogen application timings on wheat protein levels.
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To evaluate the impact of late nitrogen application timings on wheat protein levels.
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To evaluate the impact of late nitrogen application timings on wheat protein levels.
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To evaluate the impact of late nitrogen application timings on wheat protein levels.
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To evaluate the impact of late nitrogen application timings on wheat protein levels.
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To evaluate the impact of late nitrogen application timings on wheat protein levels in wheat.
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To evaluate the impact of late nitrogen application timings on wheat protein levels.
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To evaluate the impact of late nitrogen application timings on wheat protein levels.
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To test how late we can apply nitrogen to wheat to achieve the highest protein and yield in a milling variety.
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To provide quick and easy ways to obtain reliable information in the field for use in the management of legume nitrogen.
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To assess the impact of rhizobial inoculation on the performance of four different legumes: chickpeas, lentils, faba beans and peas in the Victorian Wimmera.
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This project set out to contribute to an understanding of legume agronomic and financial management in the Esperance Port Zone in an effort to support the decision-making process undertaken by growers in deciding the best crop sequence for their farms, including which break crop best suits their needs.
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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 identify crop safety levels and economic risk of pre- and post-emergent herbicide use on lentil across different soil types and environments in the southern low rainfall zone. This project builds on previous GRDC-funded projects, including DAV00113 (southern region pulse agronomy).
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To determine safe and effective techniques for using Trifluralin, Simazine and Lexone in lentils.
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Identify suitable lentil varieties for Western Australian farming systems.
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To evaluate the response of the new ‘imi’ tolerant variety PBA Hallmark XT and the breeding line with improved tolerance to Group C herbicides, SP1333, to novel herbicide strategies involving Group B and C herbicide products.
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To identify nutrient inputs that will improve growth and yield of lentil on the variable soil types encountered in Mallee paddocks.
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To investigate the adaptability of a range of new lentil varieties and variety mixes to varying sowing dates, identify levels of tolerance to a range of group B herbicides in several breeding lines of lentils which have been selected from the Pulse Breeding Australia breeding program for improvements in tolerance to imidazolinone herbicides.
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To investigate the potential of organic matter inputs to increase yield and improve soil health.
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To determine how best to ameliorate subsoil acidity.
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To investigate the effects of Lime, Gypsum and Dolomite on grain production on acid soils.
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To compare crop performance and gross margin returns for a range of fluid and granular nitrogen and phosphorus fertiliser treatments in conjunction with trace elements and in-furrow fungicide.
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To evaluate the effectiveness of different, grower-chosen strategies to apply liquid nitrogen.
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On sandy soils in the Mallee to test the efficiency of granular versus liquid P fertilisers and determine the impact of zinc and copper on crop performance.
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To determine whether the fluid product technical grade mono-ammonium phosphate (TGMAP) is more efficient than the granular formulation MAP. The trial also investigates the addition of micronutrients Zinc and Copper.
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To investigate the effects of grazing livestock in no-till paddocks on soil structure, soil compaction and soil moisture, weed seed burial and carbon/nitrogen cycling in no-till farming systems.
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To investigate the effects of grazing livestock in no-till paddocks on soil structure, soil composition and soil moisture, weed seed burial and carbon/nitrogen cycling in no-till farming systems.
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As growers push for maximum grain yield, lodging is becoming a significant factor in rice production, increasing the time and cost of harvest and often resulting in significant yield loss andreduced grain quality.
Several factors influence lodging susceptibility including seasonal weather, variety, sowing method, nitrogen rate and timin… read more
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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 determine if disease suppression against rhizoctonia is achievable in a grey highly calcareous soil using alternative rotational systems and crop inputs in an upper EP environment and if soil microbial populations can be influenced by rotation and fertiliser inputs.
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To evaluate the productivity and profitability of no-till farming techniques against conventional farming
methods under various cropping rotations.
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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 ascertain the long-term benefits in crop growth and profitability as a result of regular phosphorus (P) applications.
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To assess a long-term phosphorus/nitrogen interaction trial.
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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 answer some key questions about lucerne in the crop rotation:
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To evaluate different harvest and post-harvest stubble management techniques and measure their effect on harvest efficiency, grain losses and growth and yield of the subsequent crop.
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To compare grain yield responses with variations in three maize hybrids and six nitrogen rates under raised-bed flood irrigation at Breeza on the Liverpool Plains.
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To compare plant characteristics and grain yield responses of three maize hybrids with varying rates of N applied at sowing or in-crop under dryland conditions at Gurley, south-east of Moree.
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To compare plant characteristics and grain yield responses of three maize hybrids to varying rates of N applied at sowing or in crop under dryland conditions at Gurley, south-east of Moree.
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To discuss making fertiliser decisions: does topdressing nitrogen results in higher screenings?
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To investigate how to make the grade for malting barley.
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The GRDC Low Rainfall Crop Sequencing project is identifying the effects that different break crops and rotations have on Mallee farming systems. Farmers have increasingly adopted continuous cereal cropping strategies as non-cereal crops are perceived as riskier than cereals due to greater yield and price fluctuations. Therefore, it is important… read more
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To evaluate the response of different barley varieties to various management aspects of no-till farming systems. Variables examined include row spacing, pre-emergent herbicides and nitrogen timing.
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To evaluate the response of different barley varieties to various aspects of crop management. Variables examined included nitrogen timing, weed management, weed competition and row spacing.
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Presence of increased seed dormancy in this grass weed species has enabled it to escape pre-sowing control tactics used by the growers. This explains why barley grass is a problematic weed in cereal crops. However, in some locations like Port Germein and Baroota districts, it has now become largely impossible to control in pulse crops. This isli… read more
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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 report on managing 'take-all' and crown rot.
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To investigate management options which reduce the risk of failure when growing wheat on wheat, or barley on wheat stubble.
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This experiment aimed to evaluate agronomic management options that enhance the yield potential on this specific soil type.
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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 investigate the value of nitrogen on the profitability of new wheat varieties in early (dry sowing) and late sowings in canola/wheat system at Wongan Hills
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To determine the maximum attainable grain yield for a given location and year, and to quantify the contributions.
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This GRDC funded research program aims to provide growers with information which will reduce losses due to eyespot by improving our understanding of resistance responses of commercial cultivars and breeders’ lines to eyespot based on information from dedicated field screening trials.
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To improve decision making amongst local farmers by improving the knowledge and understanding of the economic relationships which exist in our farming systems, and improving skills of participants to assess particularly the economic consequences of their decision making in critical areas within their farm business.
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To investigate options for managing hostile subsoils.
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To investigate options for managing hostile subsoils.
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To optimise wheat and barley protein by better understanding response to high nitrogen rates in a given season.
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Sandy soil types of the Northern Mallee often underperform despite good weed management and increased inputs of nitrogen and sulphur. There is still a yield gap that can be addressed, with anecdotal evidence of unused water commonly remaining in the soil at depths of approximately 60cm at harvest. In 2014 we set in place a diagnostic procedure t… read more
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Sandy soil types of the Northern Mallee often underperform despite good weed management and increased inputs of nitrogen and sulfur. There is still a yield gap that can be addressed, with anecdotal evidence of unused water commonly remaining in the soil at depths of approximately 60cm at harvest.
After several years of demonstrating the v… read more
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To explore the effects of nitrogen, sulfur and zinc on wheat productivity. The treatments included a range of N, S and Zn based treatments which were designed to address whether;
1) Constraints to productivity on sands could be managed by manipulating the nutrition package,
2) Early application of N is the most profitable option,<… read more
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Sandy soil types of the Northern Mallee often underperform despite good weed management and increased inputs of nitrogen and sulfur. There is still a yield gap that can be addressed, with anecdotal evidence of unused water commonly remaining in the soil at depths of approximately 60cm at harvest.
After several years of demonstrating the v… read more
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Sandy soil types of the Northern Mallee often underperform despite good weed management and increased inputs of nitrogen and sulfur. There is still a yield gap that can be addressed, with anecdotal evidence of unused water commonly remaining in the soil at depths of approximately 60cm at harvest.
After several years of demonstrating the v… read more
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To investigate the economical viability of trace nutrient (Zn) application.
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To investigate the impact of different management strategies in RT canola (containing both Roundup Ready tolerance and Triazine Tolerant herbicide technology) and wheat on the long-term control of Select-resistant ryegrass.
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To evaluate banded wetting agent (SACOA ‘Irrigator’) for crop establishment and yield on non-wetting soils in the West Midlands.
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To evaluate banded wetting agent (SACOA ‘Irrigator’) for crop establishment and yield on non-wetting soils in the West Midlands.
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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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The objective of this research is to determine the value of agronomic management (plant density and nitrogen) on production of quality grain for profitable wheat systems. Increasing plant density is a useful tool to increase the competitiveness of a crop against weeds, however, how will this influence grain yield and quality for the new wheat va… read more
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To determine value of agronomic management (sowing rate and nitrogen) on production of quality grain for profitable wheat systems.
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To provide information regarding managing your crop's nitrogen.
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To investigate changes in plant metabolism resulting from manganese deficiency.
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To examine rates and timing of manganese fertilsier to alleviate manganese deficiency in barley.
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To test for crop response to the application of manganese fertiliser and for any interaction with nitrogen.
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To evaluate yield and quality response of existing wheat varieties when treated at different nitrogen rates. Aiming to maximise nitrogen use efficiency by matching inputs to variety.
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These trials were conducted to examine the likelihood of economic returns to VRT on sandplain soils.