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To answer the question: how fast is lime moving and is it treating acidity at depth?
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To test if no-till crops grown on clay soils in the low rainfall, southern Mallee environment would yield better if more straw could be retained on the soil surface from the previous crop.
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To determine how quickly our lime-sands work.
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To present a handbook of diagnostic techniques for conducting experiments to ascertain which nutrients are limiting production.
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To report on Hyola® FCT 2012 fungicide best practice trial results
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To present Hyola® FCT 2012 performance trial results.
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To report on Hyola® FCT 2012 performance trial results.
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To improve the management of grain crops in the Mallee region of Victoria using precision agricultural technology: and more specifically, to improve the understanding of the causes of spatial variability within a paddock and its interaction with seasonal conditions as this knowledge is regarded as essential to developing appropriate management s… read more
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To assess the impact of soil nutrition, current herbicides, adjuvants and rhizobial inoculants on nitrogen (N) fixation by medics under field conditions typical of the upper Eyre Peninsula.
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To assess the impact of soil nutrition, current herbicides, adjuvants and rhizobial inoculants on N fixation by medics under field conditions typical of the upper Eyre Peninsula.
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The broad aim of this 3 year SAGIT funded project was to investigate if current management tools for medic based pastures, such as herbicides, fertilisers and rhizobial inoculants, are affecting N fixation by medic pastures under field conditions typical of the upper Eyre Peninsula.
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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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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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To determine the impacts of biochar on crop yield,2.To compare the effectiveness of different methods of applying biochar to the soil.
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To investigate the impact of crop sequencing on sorghum production (previous crop canola, comparison to previous crop durum).
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To compare the relative impact of CRR and CR on wheat yield and determine if mixed infection exacerbates losses.
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To compare the relative impact of common root rot and crown rot on wheat yield and determine if mixed infection exacerbates losses in a second season.
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Can systems performance be improved by modifying farming systems in the northern grains region? Specifically, what impact do crop species and crop sequences have on soil- and stubble-borne pathogens?
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Can systems performance be improved by modifying farming systems in thenorthern grains region? What are the impacts of crops and crop sequences on soil water accumulation and use?
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To evaluate the impact of crown rot inoculum on cereal variety yield and grain quality.
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To investigate the yield and quality effects of a delayed harvest on a range of barley varieties.
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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 evaluate the impact of grazing intensity on forage value, crop recovery and grain production of a wheat crop in the Victorian Mallee.
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To evaluate the impact of kelly chains on stubble-borne fungi levels in the following cereal crop.
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To test the impact of adding gypsum, lime or fertilisers to the subsoil.
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To test the impact of adding gypsum, lime or fertilisers to the subsoil of a profile typical for the Vivonne Bay environment but in a situation which usually gets very wet, and is designed to run for at least two years.
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To measure the impact on crop productivity of combinations of lime and mouldboard ploughing on acidic deep yellow sand.
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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 investigate rotary spading and other soil amelioration techniques on yellow sandplain soils west of Moora.
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To investigate the impact of summer cropping on subsequent winter crop (wheat yield). To dtermine nitrogen (N) response of wheat following summer crops.
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To compare soil moisture, soil nitrogen and profitability of five different vetch end-use treatments from 2012, sown to wheat in 2013.
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To examine the effect of two sowing dates on final Pt populations in a range of durum, bread wheat and barley varieties near Tulloona in north-western NSW in 2015.
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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 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 assess the impact of different seeding systems on crop establishment in water repellent soil.
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To promote the sowing of persistent perennial grasses on Kangaroo Island properties to:
• improve ground cover in late summer, autumn and winter, and to
• increase pasture water use to minimize soil acidification and salinisation.
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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 discuss how to improve ecological function in vegetation remnants.
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To determine the value of additives or spikes to paraquat versus grasses or broadleaf weeds in the winter fallow.
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To determine the value of additives or spikes to paraquat versus grasses or broadleaf weeds in the winter fallow.
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To determine the value of additives or spikes to paraquat versus grasses or broadleaf weeds in the winter fallow.
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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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In this experiment, we compare three methods of N supply to wheat:
1. surface spread in front of the seeder (early May)
2. mid-row banding at sowing (early May)
3. surface spread at stem elongation (late July).
The difference method was used to evaluated the efficiency of each.
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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.
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To investigate improvements for pre-emergent herbicide spray coverage in stubble retention systems.
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This trial is conducted to investigate the value of nitrogen on the profitability of new wheat varieties in early and late sowings in fallow/wheat system at Wongan Hills
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To investigate the effectiveness of common fertiliser spreaders to evenly distribute snail/slug bait products to achieve recommended numbers of baits per square metre.
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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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Aimed at identifying factors limiting the production and nitrogen fixation of pulse crops grown on acidic soils in the high rainfall zone (HRZ) grain production regions of south eastern Australia with a long-term average annual rainfall above 500 mm.
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To test the effects of subsoil remediation on crop water use and yield.
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To test the effects of subsoil remediation on crop water use and yield.
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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 determine the value of pasture legumes grown in rotation with crops at Streatham, Gnarwarre and Hamilton
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To identify those alternative pasture legume spcies that, when sown in rotation with crops, have the capaicty to improve crop plant productivity in the high rainfall zone of southern Australia.
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To investigate second adaptive traits (their yield, how to measure them and how to implement them into the breeding program) for grain legume drought tolerance.
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To increase the yield and reliability of field pea under water deficit and is a major pre-breeding target of Pulse Breeding
Australia.
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Evaluate Lokomotive as an in season foliar potassium source for correcting potassium deficiency and compare to muriate of potash (MOP).
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To investigate in-crop nitrogen timing and product choice for wheat.
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To answer the question 'Can we manage inputs in-crop that will yield well in a good season whilst also maintaining yields and keeping costs down in poorer seasons?'.
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To estimate in-crop risk management using the Yield Prophet.
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To assess the effect of different rates of CalSap® applied in-furrow on an acidic sand over gravel.
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The aims of the PA component of the GRDC Stubble project were to:
• deliver a pilot project to understand how soil parameters, including PAW, vary across a paddock and understand
whether current PA datasets can correlate with PAW
• connect variations in soil moisture with nitrogen supply
• demonstrate t… read more
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To evaluate the response of wheat (yield and protein) in different paddock management zones to in-season application of nitrogen fertilizer, using the Yield Prophet system as a guide.
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To evaluate the response of wheat (yield and protein) in different paddock management zones to in-season application of nitrogen fertiliser, using the Yield Prophet system as a guide.
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To determine whether the lessons learnt in growing Prime Hard wheat in southern NSW be extended to the high rainfall grain regions of southern Victoria.
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To answer the question: Can the lessons learnt in growing Prime Hard wheat in southern NSW be extended to the high rainfall grain regions of Southern Victoria?
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To improve the adoption of liming practices in the medium to high rainfall zone of Western Australia by demonstrating the economic and environmental benefits of lime application and incorporation.
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To improve the adoption of liming practices in the medium to high rainfall zone of Western Australia by demonstrating the economic and environmental benefits of lime application and incorporation.
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To evaluate the influence of perennial row spacing and grass suppression on the performance of serradella summer sown into subtropical perennial-grass pastures.
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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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This project assists farmers in adopting improved stubble management practices by comparing the performance of two stubble
systems – full incorporation and a no-till approach – to demonstrate the impacts of each system on soil health, water penetration and crop performance.
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To test the hypothesis that incorporation of the carbon rich stubble into the soil will not necessarily increase the humus content of the soil and compare it with other stubble management systems and in particular examining the impact these systems have on the soils organic matter levels over a period of time.
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To explore whether the nitrogen (N) benefits to subsequent cereals from the break crops, and savings from weed control, could offset the loss of income from break crops in the longer term.