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To report on glasshouse and laboratory analysis of the distribution of manganese in the leaves of sunflower and lupin.
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To present a comparison of soil and spray applications of zinc for maize.
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To compare form and timing for micronutrient fertiliser application.
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To present a literature review of micronutrient limitations.
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To clarify the role of micronutrients in suspension on crop yield increases.
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To establish the nutrient requirements of wheat following liming and deep ripping.
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To explore the relationship between manganese supply and take all in wheat.
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To explore the relationship between manganese supply and take all in barley.
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To deterine the effect of applicaiotn of molybdenum and nitrogen to the molybdenum content of maize seed.
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To present research into molybdenum deficiency in the region with recommendations for management.
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To establish the importance of seed molybdenum to growth in maize.
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Manganese concentrations in soil and wheat crops were monitored over time in the field.
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To determine which combinations of nitrogen and zinc together with a single rate of phosphorus applied either as granular or fluid performed best on a range of soil types.
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To test the response to zinc application in navy bean.
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To assess the potential of a range of multi-trait breeders’ lines for commercial development.
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A review of the fertiliser requirements of different soil types in the region.
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To identify specific mineral deficiencies on sandy soils of the Darling Downs.
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To establish native fertility of cracking clay soils in Queensland.
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To establish native fertility of soils in south-east Queensland.
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To report on the outcomes of the nutrition experiments across northern NSW.
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To present a handbook of diagnostic techniques for nutrient deficiencies and excesses in sorghum.
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To report on the nutritional status of wheat at three sites where lime was applied at a range of rates in either 1982 or 1983 and again in 1996.
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To compare the movement and potential availability of Mn, Zn and P when supplied as granular or fluid products in a calcareous and non-calcareous soil.
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To present a summary of the recent history and state of pasture improvement due to soil fertility in high rainfall Victoria.
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To present research into the development of new country for pastures in east Gippsland Victoria.
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To establish the importance of manganese and zinc to pea yield decline.
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To test the efficacy of different methods for alleviating zinc deficiency.
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To resport on the extent to which deficiencies in phosphorus, sulphur, and molybdenum likely to be associated with deficiencies in the others.
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To compare iron fertiliser formulaiotns for luin on an alkaline soil.
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To evaluate the effect of the application of zinc and different stubble management on the incidence of yellow leaf spot in a wheat crop sown into stubble.
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To explorie variable responses to copper on wheat neutral to alkaline clay soils in Queensland.
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To determine if placement of nutrients into the subsoil provides any residual benefit to crops in the second year after application.
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To investigate the effects of rates of initial and subsequent applications of zinc on maize yields grown on black earth soils of north western NSW.
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To examine the residual value of zinc to wheat where thr zinc was applied as surface or subsoil application to previous canola.
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To examine differences in zinc efficiency between chickpea cultivars.
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An exploration of the relationships between zinc deficiency crown rot in general type in durum wheat
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To investigate the response of soybean varieties to foliar zinc application.
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To investigate wheat and canola response to secondary and trace nutrients
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To record the reponses of wheat (Triticum aestivum) to copper in the Wimmera region of Victoria to determine if commercial wheat crops would respond to copper.
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To establish nutritional requirements of oat on Eyre Peninsula.
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To compare digestion methods for plant analysis.
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To establish soil sampling and analysis protocols for micronutrients.
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To explore a seed coating to increase early vigour of barley in manganese deficient soils
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To assess the impact of seed zinc content on vegetative growth and zinc uptake of Brassica napus and B. juncea.
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To present options for increasing zinc efficiency of cereals through breeding.
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To investigate selection of canola lines for low rainfall environments in south eastern Australia
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To present a review of trace element nutrition and the growth of crops and pastures in acid soils.
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To examine which soil analysis to use for manganese.
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To demonstrate the long term production and associated economic benefits from ameliorating soil sodicity.
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To test the usefulness of some soil and plant tests to predict copper disorders for areas of SW Victoria.
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To understand factors contributing to manganese deficiency in oat.
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To conduct trials across CW NSW to provide objective data on the potential for SU and Zn interactions in wheat.
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To provide a brief review of manganese toxicity in New South Wales.
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To test the relative effectiveness of a zinc spray to the soil surface compared to zinc-enriched fertilizers for correcting zinc deficiency in wheat.
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To assess nutrient status of gilgai soils using lucerne as a bioassay.
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To examine cereal response to zinc.
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To examine wheat response to zinc.
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To determine if applying fertiliser to the subsoil gives any residual benefits to crops in subsequent years.
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To investigate potential long term negative effects on crop yield of interactions between clay spreading or delving with subsoil nutrition (micronutrients).
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To establish the most satisfactory method to correct manganese deficiency in barley on calcareous sands
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To determine critical concentration of manganese in wheat shoots for growth.
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To examine the effect of seed manganese concentration on barley yield.
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To understand management factors influencing cadmium concentration of grain in field grown wheat.
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To develop a new extraction procedure for soil zinc.
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To examine the interaction between herbicides and crop nutirition.
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To examine the relationship between chlorsulfuron application and crop zinc nutrition and root growth.
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To compare the effects of fluid fertilisers and seed nutrient treatments on early plant vigour and grain yield for wheat grown from locally sourced or certified seed.
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A short review of manganese in NSW Agriculture.
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To examine the effect of foliar manganese application on lucerne grown on manganese deficient soil.
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To compare the zinc efficiency, root growth and production characteristics of 2 cultivars of wheat
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To examine the effective Zn concentration required for different wheat genotypes.
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To identifiy zinc deficiency in flax and treatment with zinc fertiliser.
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To establish which of the following components has the greater effect on yield: liquid, granular or combined liquid/granular forms of fertiliser nitrogen, phosphorus and trace elements, and in-furrow fungicide.
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To investigate the tolerance of barley genotypes to manganese-deficient calcarious soil on Eyre Peninsula.
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To screen winter and for summer crops for the tolerance of copper deficiency in glasshouse trials.
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To establish the relative tolerance of triticale, wheat and rye to zinc and copper deficiency at a range soil pH.
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To establish the occurrence of boron toxicity in barley crops in South Australia.
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To determine the most effective method of applying trace elements to crops on sandy soil that has been clay spread.
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To establish the micronutrient status of some South Australian soils.
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To present a review of trace element disorders in South Australian agriculture.
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To explore relationships between the availability of trace elements in some South Australian soils.
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To present a summary of nine experiments on trace elements and pasture produciton in the south-east of South Australia.
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To explore the effectiveness of trace elements when applied with fluid nitrogen and phosphorus fertiliser.
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To investigate what macro and micro nutrients are required in order to increase grain yield using a fluid system.
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To measure concentrations of trace elements in terra rossa and rendzina soils in South Australia.
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A review of trace element research in South Australia.
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To evaluate the economic yield performance of a commercially available seed nutrient coat product.
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To screen triticale for Mn efficiency and compare this to rye and wheat.
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To investigate whether we could show any affect on field wheat yield after just one hot day.
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To improve predictability of growth responses to zinc from soil analysis.
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To examine the ability of genotypes of wheat and barley to produce high yields on micronutrient deficient soils.
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To investigate the potential of new vetch species/varieties for very low rainfall areas in Southern Australia.
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To search for answers about white grain on Eyre Peninsula.
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To compare current varieties to potentially new varieties in soil types and rainfall regions where National Wheat Variety trials are not conducted.
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To deal with aspects of a large project on diagnosis of the deficiency, yield responses to zinc, residual value of zinc, protein increases and improvement of quality, and genotypic effects in relation to zinc.
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To explore the effectiveness of zinc when applied with fluid nitrogen and phosphorus fertiliser.
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To explore the effects of rotation, P fertiliser and mycorrhizae on wheat grain zinc in rotations.
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To report on identification of zinc deficiencyin the region.
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To establish the zinc requirements of crops growing on vertisols.
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To identify the link between zinc deficiency and Rhizoctonia bare patch.